If you want to save money on buying a branded canvas, you are greatly mistaken. But in three years I have accumulated some experience and all my words are based on this experience. Until now, every new backdrop for me is a new lesson, a new experiment.

You will not learn this craft in a day, week, or month. I had time and money and I got carried away. He began by deciding to try to draw himself.

I have been painting backdrops since 2017. This is a very interesting activity for creative people, but it takes time and money. If you have time for such experiments (three days, taking into account the purchase of materials and drawing), if you have a large room with a perfectly flat floor that can get dirty, if you have money for this experiment (tools, paints, canvas), and there is a desire not only to have a backdrop, but you are interested in creating it yourself, if you are ready for the fact that most likely it will turn out not what you plan, then this idea is for you. The first full-fledged production in Russia. I personally went all the way from 'trying to draw' to making my own backdrops. I will immediately apologize for the bad English - I am from Russia. With some old canvasВ curtains found in the trashВ at the studio she manages,В and some $3 sample paint cans from Home Depot, Smith got started.В вЂњIt was always the unique character of Oliphant'sВ backdrops that gave the images on the covers of Vogue and Vanity Fair their depth,вЂќ said Smith.В вЂњI wanted to emulate that same feeling in my work, and I knew that one of the keys was to have a background that wasn't just a solid color.вЂќ With inspiration from the famously talented backdrop painter Sarah Oliphant, a minimal budget, and that DIY nature we photographers have, Smith set out to createВ her first backdrops. As a photographer and cinematographer, nothing could be more true forВ me.В Photographers by nature, I feel, have a 'do it yourself' attitude.В InВ talking with Photographer Nikki Smith, a DIYВ backdrop project could be just what you need to reignite that missing spark and add an additional element of creativity to your work. If you're a creatorВ of any kind, chances are you've experienced being in a creative rut atВ some point in your journey to make cool stuff.

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