I have not done this before but I thought it would be interesting to show how far removed my painting is from the photo. The reason that I strayed so far was firstly to introduce a greater sense of dynamism and space to the painting. The trees in the photo produce a rather uninteresting green blanket effect. The houses produce a similar effect in that they are a flat tapestry. You can see I have retained the high contrasting and more interesting elements, the skyline and yellow cornfields.
