Joan of Arc background

[Dan Saunders]

Hi everyone,

My underpainting is 2/3's of the way complete. Currenty the background is still a mid-tone grey. I used Paint Shop Pro 7 to add a misty/cloudy type of background to see the effect before actually painting it in.

I had considered an interior, old church background but I am afraid it will detract from the figure. What do you think?

The previous steps of this underpainting can be seen in the Works In Progress section of the forum. The panting , by the way, is 40" x 30".

Thanks