The farm on the model railroad.

[Charles Smiley]

This photo is with an 8-foot long backdrop I painted made that I can hang from the ceiling for a backdrop just about anywhere in the layout room.

 

[Red Oak & Western]

On another forum I frequent, it is traditional to say "you suck" when someone snags a really good bargain. So all I can say to someone with enough talent to paint that kind of background is:

You suck!

 

[jim81147]

Wow Charles , that backdrop blends in seamlessly with the layout , beautiful .

 

[goscrewyourselves]

Darn Charles, I honestly can't tell where the layout ends and the backdrop starts!

 

[Dave S]

That looks great! I'd love to see some more pictures of how your hanging backdrop works.

 

[Sirfoldalot]

Bravo .. has to be one of the best blends that I have seen!
WOW ... just WOW!

 

[Charles Smiley]

"hanging backdrop "...

I hope to have a little more time for that. It's been busy with a new DVD release - "ESPEE Hall of Fame". http://www.cspmovies.com/

 

[Charles Smiley]

The hardest part was making the shadows project toward the left on such a long painting that is more like a mural. Most paintings are shadow-right and your hands occupy that space from training. So I had to fight that urge every day I worked on it. I has bunches of detail like tiny farms, crop fields, roads and a distant village plus browsing cattle. But I had to make this thing work with the ambient lighting in the layout.