Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 1 - basic hills

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Thin Branch Series: Backdrops part 1 - basic hills

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Thank you Jay for this introduction to painting scenery as a backdrop. Your pace is good and instruction is excellent. I look forward to further episodes.

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This is just what i needed. I’ve been painting the walls of my train room with a real light blue ( a friend of mine gave it to me, so it was free) and i thought it was too light but after watching this video i can say it is almost the same blue that you started with. I can,t wait to start on the hills.
thanks, this is excellent and very informative.

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Thanks Jay, I have an area on my layout that needs a backdrop but I have been putting it off for quite some time. I am now awaiting the rest of this series and am keen to have a go at painting a backdrop using your methods.

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Great video. Lots of ideas from this. Thanks

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Thanks for putting this video out there. It’s interesting to see Jay’s approach to the background as an artist. He deals in light and shadow in a different way than many modelers do, so we can learn a lot from his methods.

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I like Jay’s style–of presentation and of painting. But perhaps there could be a companion piece or addendum that would give us parallel tips on modeling Western scenery. Even an occasional comment (“If you’re painting a Western hillside, you’ll want to make the base color bluer and suggest less rounded trees, like this:…”) would help a lot of us.

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Glad I could be of service, thanks for all the feedback and have fun!

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Very much looking forward to the continuation of this series. Hope MR & Jay will extend this topic into other regions and seasons- the West as mentioned, fall backgrounds, etc. It might even be worth doing an episode about basic tones and colors, light & shadow- “Painting 101”. Thanks!

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Jay does a good job of teaching painting. He makes it seem fun.