Backcloth 18 foot wide by seven feet high. 5 ltr paint tin [below left door] for scale.

This was a dilema, as I didn't want the colours and detail to outshine the young performers. I rarely use black outlines in my scenery painting (There is no such thing in the real world) but made an exception in this case to emulate an illustration from a child's book or perhaps a cartoon film. I had trouble trying to kill this black paint when I came to paint another scene on this cloth. I have tried to give the impresion of the light being reflected off the snow into the room, hence the light on the roof rafters etc. I should have moved the rocking horse further into the room so it didn't look as if he had just run into that pillar!