Selected Color Exercice 2

For this composition I will use the picture of my cat.
I like this photo because his position on the screen gives a sense of depth, of perspective ....
My vision was to contrast the old and new techniques, such as black and white photo and oil paining, to make the cat's face pop up as delicately as I could.

First, I separated the cat from the background with the magic wand tool.
Then I made the selection a mask.

The background layer was set to black and white, and then I started playing with the texture of the cat: I wanted to look as if he was oil painted... and I love the results!

I also have another version, in which i revert the colors and make the cat black and white and the couch colorful ....