where the layout was going
to be and feathered in some
white clouds using the wet
paint technique but I wasn't
thrilled with the results.
So I proceeded to paste up
some photographs we had
taken during our vacations
and asked Pat if she'd be
willing to paint in the back-
drop from the photographs.
I had intended to include
some higher elevations on
the layout but when I saw
the beautiful mountains,
valleys, and alpine fields she
had painted, I couldn't bring
myself to cover any of it
with foreground terrain.
I did blend in some city
scenes using commercial
backdrops, adding single
structures, like hotels, etc.
using pictures I cut out of
magazines. I placed these
on the backdrop in locations where the small size of the pictures
suggests distance and enhances the perceived depth of the back-
drop scenes.
I discovered that if you use an X-Acto knife to cut out the top of
the building, but tear out the bottom of the picture, the ragged
lower edge lets you feather the picture into the landscape with a
bit of paint very nicely and then the sharp outline at the top gives
the picture a bit of a three- dimensional aspect.
14: The eastbound Fast
Mail, led by GN FT A&B
459 will be picking up many
happy passengers at San
Pablo, California, today.
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