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Me again! Everyone seems to be busy today - kind of lonely here in the Diner. After watching a couple of H2 videos on backdrop painting, I decided to give it a go - to quench my frustration! I will be employing a mix of techniques, brush and sponge. In a first step, I roughly outlined the areas where clouds will be. Next, I painted the clouds in a light gray, not uniformly, but as the paint flowed from the brush. I will let it dry until tomorrow, before attacking the blue colors. I decided on three different shades of blue - avery. very light blue (near white) on the bottom, a light blue in the middle and a tad darker blue on the top. For the cloud texture, I will later employ a sponge to apply various shades of grey and "broken" white. Some highlights will be added with a grayish light yellow, where the sunlight strikes the clouds. I have never been good at arts, so this is a really big challenge for me. I won´t post pictures before the backdrop is near completion, just in case I have to redo it again. I will take pictures along the process, though, and post them maybe in aseparate thread on painting my backdrop - if it turns out nicely.
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