Just to let you know, MasonJar has taken a series of photos and instructions from Gary S. and complied them into a tutorial on the finer points of the making of a backdrop. It is outstanding work by Gary, and a great presentation by MasonJar, and so I’m proud to announce that we’ve immediately placed it in our Academy.

Look it over. If you were ever hesitant about doing a backdrop, Gary seems to make the task easy and should give confidence to anyone that wants to try to make a realistic background from prototype photos. This is a “how to” that you’ll want to use as a constant reference and we’re pleased to have this contribution in our Academy. Mikey and I both thank Gary and Andrew (MasonJar) for putting this together for us.

You will find it here:Gary's "Painting Backdrops from Prototype Photos" How-To

That was a great "how to" article. very well put together on a very innovative idea. Nice job to all involved.

Thanks Andrew, for all the hard work of changing the PP presentation to JPGs!

If anyone has questions, I would be happy to discuss things in public or private.

Thanks again Andrew.