Two sessions later

Sky Pads 31. First light background pass. It’s a nice soft look, but not enough “story” in it for my taste.

Increased background contrast to help add a bit of color pop to the leaves.

The original photo taken in “artificial daylight”.

I think it’s finished, but I’m going to let it sit for a bit while I back up and start on #30. It’s a bit odd, but I find I like the third version much better when it’s sitting in minimum light. The photo was not in minimum light, so you can’t see how mysterious it looks when the brightness is toned down. If I can figure out a way to do that with paint so it looks deeper even in bright light I might go there.

In the meantime, here’s the background for #30. I have already put the drawing on it in white paint, so it’s ready for its next step. I intend to leave the background alone, although in future photos it may appear more blue-green depending on the light it gets photographed in and which camera I’m using (lazy phone or more complicated SLR).

The flowery field which was the background I posted a couple of months ago now looks more like water with maybe a bunch of stuff floating in/on it. Leaves have been drawn but I didn’t take a photo of that because they’re kind of hard to see.