03-14-2011, 11:52 AM
I like that. The backdrop's horizon is low enough to the level of the layout, that it shouldn't be too big a distraction. 
Another thought: Half trees.
Paint a tree on the backdrop ( or paste a photo ), and put "half a tree" on the layout in front of it, but use that sparingly, there would only be, but a very few trees, that would happen to grow "on that line", and matching the foliage color to the painting/photo wouldn't be all that easy. The oil painter's trick of painting the "back half" a dark green,or black, and the foreground or front, lighter, might also work.
A few of those might help disguise the layout/backdrop boundary.
Another thought: Half trees.
Paint a tree on the backdrop ( or paste a photo ), and put "half a tree" on the layout in front of it, but use that sparingly, there would only be, but a very few trees, that would happen to grow "on that line", and matching the foliage color to the painting/photo wouldn't be all that easy. The oil painter's trick of painting the "back half" a dark green,or black, and the foreground or front, lighter, might also work.
A few of those might help disguise the layout/backdrop boundary.
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!