I took a backlit photo and tried to make it more interesting. The foreground has more detail than the background on the faces, and instead of using black, I either used blue or red and green. This painting used about six colors mixed. I layered and waited for things to dry. I attempted to create a better vanishing point on the floor tiles.
Melisandre
Close to done. This one is unique because I was working with a washed out source image and used more texture and variation than normal.