#fantasy environment

i’m using my lunch breaks at work to practice working on my weaknesses. i’ve been spending a few weeks focusing on backgrounds, with schoolism lessons playing as i paint :) every week or so i add a bit more complexity to my studies. in the second picture you can see my ref (grabbed off the /r/earthporn subreddit), my initial grayscale sketch, followed by a paintover done by a coworker. i’m glad i asked for feedback because it helped me see how flat my original black and white drawing was.