completed backdrop - the painting part that is...

[AntonioFP45]

Well,

I've down loaded the Web Shots page. Great resource for references for layout building!

[selector]

I will be honest and say that some of the clouds, especially some of those on the right, seem over-flat on the bottom, to me. Also, I think you might want to consider 'misting' them outward a bit so that they are not so 'tight' or cotton-bally (am I making sense?)

I have a suggestion that might take care of both issues, if you'd care to try. Try a slightly heavy wash of white, and with the brush mostly dry, see if you can pu***he brush's bristle tips at the cloud edges and get them to spread out a wee bit. Go light at first and then stand back and see if you are going to get the effect I am talking about. You may well have to thicken the wa***o a paint for it to work, but try and see what develops...please.

I can see you are really intent upon this, Chuck, and the quality of your work is excellent. So, I am not going to be an instrument of appeasement and tell you that those clouds are A-1. They are about a B-1 right now, and I know you will want to show the important people in your life the best you can do. I believe that you can show them that with another 30-50 minutes of brush-work. [:)]

Oh, and your bench-work? Why couldn't mine have turned out as good? [V]

[loucad]

What type of spray paints did you use? I have a backdrop that I just painted and I am going to add some clouds next.

[AntonioFP45]

Beautiful!

I noticed the neat effect of painting a "shadow outline" on the bottom of the clouds. Adds a lot to the realism!

Roger that!

[cwclark]

I just don't know..the clouds kind'a look like the backdrop in the Beatles movie : Yellow Submarine"..or some of those old Monty Python cartoons...i guess it's the best a guy can do with spray paint...

[philnrunt]

Very effective, good coloring, and the benchwork looks plenty sturdy. Keep us up to date on your progress.

[fec153]

looks good from here in mid Fla. wish I had more talent. oh well, track cleaning is
important and I am good at that. good luck with rest of the layout.
Phil

[FThunder11]

Thats pretty nice

[cwclark]

Just finished the clouds on my backdrop...go to http://community.webshots.com/user/bayouman1 if you are interested and would appreciate your comments....Chuck [:D]