Stalenhag inspired painting #1

This is my first finished painting created using Stalenhags process. I wanted to follow his process from start to finish as I believe this would be the best way for me to learn his methods and deconstruct his work without having a tutorial to follow. As Stalenhag hasn't really released anything other than full finished images except one step by step tutorial I found within a short video.
I wanted to test this method using my own images from around the area I live in to see how Stalenhags process works with different landscapes.

This was the original photo taken before painting over it and changing it to fit the style. While taking this image I kept in mind what could be added into the image to make it feel more Stalenhag. This is why I kept the horizon line relatively low so I had space to add towers or a larger object into the back.

Firstly I started by changing a few things and blocking in areas from the original  that needed changing. The main thing I noticed at first was that the lighting was too bright for a typical Stalenhag painting I wanted the overall image to be a bit darker and have overcast lighting so I blocked out the sky in a cool gray tone and also removed the large tree on the left side of the photo as it wouldn't fit the composition. The cars also populated the image too much for a piece that's meant to look like a Stalenhag piece. Often there is only one vehicle if any in his paintings so I removed all but one car. I then painted over the car park floor to a tone that suited the new lighting and removed any shadows that were overly harsh.

I changed the shape of the main tower that's further forward than the others to have a perspective that's slightly looking up at it to give it a better sense of scale. I adjusted the scale of the three towers and added similar features to make it clear these are identical towers that are distanced from each other. When watching the video that Stalenhag's process is shown in he mentions how he uses locations and areas from his childhood as inspiration for his paintings. I decided to base these towers from water towers that I would see when sat in the car just outside my home town as a kid. I upgraded the look and made them a bit more visually appealing but overall the main silhouette is the same.

To finish the image I added smaller details such as windows and lights coming from them. The floor was looking a bit plain with not much going on so I turned the scene into a rainy day by adding puddles and a more reflective surface to break it up a little and to add a little bit more to the painting.
Lastly I messed around with the contrast to help certain areas pop and to push other object more into the back ground such as the furthest away tower.