i thought i'd be the first to start off this forum with my first background painting, see it on my blog

http://sidmjam.blogspot.com/2008/07/background-painting.html

i was thinking of putting sheets of glass and painting trees on them for the closer background, so i didn't have to make endless amounts of trees to put on my set, would this work?

anyway, constructive criticism is appreciated, either on my blog or here. (the blue bit at the bottom is where the cardboard will be glued/clamped onto the set base)

Hey Sid - it looks nice. If your trying for 100% accuracy, the colors are all off. But most likely you can't make an exact copy with cans of spray paint. For a cartoonish looking film it's perfect.

no, i wasn't going for accuracy at all, it will not be in focus in the film (hopefully), so just needs to be basic

Looks neat. The glass idea sounds cool as well, but you may have trouble with reflections and glare. Try next time to use more of a perspective angle when painting it. Right now it looks like the clouds don't go into the distance, but rather are flatish.

yeah, i got that advice from the people at stopmotionanimation.com, so i am redoing it, i have done the new clouds, now i just need to do the land on the horizon