Bit by bit I am getting on with with the backscene. I think I have set myself a difficult task, trying to get a feel of depth and perspective in 2d. If I was a skilled artist it might be easier just to paint it, but I am not so the only thing I can do is the collage of photos method.

I have played around with the panorama tools in Affinity. They work well with stitching a set of nice countryside photos together but can’t really cope with the complexity of a row of slightly different tenements. Perspective is also an odd thing, getting a feeling of depth is a case of using shadow, but it tends to work best if you are looking at the picture from a narrow angle not a wide one.

So here are a couple of snapshots of the progress to date. It is just sitting there for now, there are a few joins that need touching in. Not sure about the chimneys, they look ok front on but not at an angle. That said it is a backscene, hopefully the focus of attention should be on the foreground.

Halfway, lets see how the other half works out.