This is my version of Gullivers in Manchester.

I took the original photo about 6 months ago on a nice sunny day. You don’t get many of those in Manchester. Luckily it was reasonably quiet as there were still some covid restrictions in place.

The lighting was quite challenging. The sun was very bright and coming from the left, however the right side of the building was actually brighter due to reflected light from shop widows across the street.

Once the sketching and colouring was complete I used a new technique to achieve some of the reflected highlights……A highly feathered local selection followed by a lightness and colour balance adjustment.

The piece took about a week, in 2/3 hour slots. I think this is my best piece to date and as always I am happy to receive any suggestions for future projects.

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