Something
about the way the monkey figurine was holding the book
reminded me of the way choir members hold music. I used
the liquify filter and the smudge and clone tools to create
three additional choristers, changing the arm and hand
positions, the head orientation and the configuration
of the mouths. The church background was built entirely
in Elements. The windows began as a custom shape and were
filled with greenery via the crystallize filter. The Blessed
Fruits nestling in halos are modified Photo Objects. The
pews were built using a custom shape, filled polygons
and a brush for the decoration -- the fill used was from
the One-Click Wow collection.