I painted myself working at night – breaking down my process

I took a class about composition and one of the homework was to copy and get creative from the arts that I need in grayscale.

I chose this scene in the movie ‘Only Yesterday’ from Ghibli because it feels intimate, it can be the room of anyone and I just need to step over the frame to be in the same room.

Inspired from that, I want to paint an arts room, a room that I would build if I have all the money I could.

I want to use night ambient light, a kind of soft light going with a strong light, light from the bulb. In that way, I could light up the whole room, yet still keep the focus on the main character (me :))