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So after observing my painting in various locations, the background bothered me.  I felt it distracted from the subject, taking the eye away from the main interest.  My decision was to gradually lesson the distraction by glazing over the background in layers of deep color.  I used colors that were the complements of the colors in the subject--Quin. Gold, Dioxizine Violet and Alizarin Crimson.  The "straw" is still evident and gives subtle background texture but overall the background is very dark, pushing the subject forward which is what I was looking for.   This painting is created on heavy 300lb Arches watercolor paper [...]