If you like Harry Potter, then you’re in for a treat. The recent open call I worked on, was to create an illustration for J.K Rowling’s new wizarding adventure, The Crimes of Grindelwald, a movie sequel to The Fantastic Beasts.

To research the movie I watched the enticing trailer a number of times, each view being more magical than the first. A number of scenes caught my eye, yet I picked the most simplest of them all; Queenie Goldstein walking in the rain, hidden under an umbrella. 

I set myself a challenge by matte painting bricks without the colour block collage. This predictably took a lot longer to complete, but was completely worth the effort. It was a bonus to practise on a simple shape. I used a hard brush to place a base colour and layered on stipples of dark and light tones to imitate shadows and highlights. With a softer brush I blended together the colours and added a few extra fine details.