French Parlor Scene with Marie and Friends

I'm calling my new series of posts the "Marie Series". 

Most of the titles of these posts and artwork will probably have the word "Marie" 

in the title as this is my tribute to the fashion sense of  Marie Antoinette.

I had a bit of fun creating a 3 digital scenes; using a few vintage French Fashion plates, an antique toy theater backdrop which I altered and a vintage frame from my personal collection.
I like all there versions and could not pick a favorite so I've shown them all.

Feel free to let me know which one is your favorite - grins.

Marie's Purple Room

For this scene I used my altered background and added in some altered fashion plate figures.

I used the "Gold" Marie and the "Green" Fancy French Gent. Then to the back I placed in 

a young french couple for added interest.

Marie's Green Room

Here I altered my background room from purple to green and mixed up my figures a bit.
My lady and gent are both dressed a fashionable Peacock blue and are on the opposite side of the room.  The are also looking off in the opposite direction from the first scene. I've also introduced another fashionable gentleman who is dressed in a nice green and gold ensemble to play off the colors in the room.

Marie's Blue Room

Finally my room has changed to blue and gold and I've reduced the width of the room.
My Gent and lady are in a nice shade of olive -This was done by taking the "Green" gent and lady png's I created and making a few adjustments in Photoshop to get this new color.  The gent from the young couple in the background is also in this more muted olive shade as well. Also Marie and her man are each looking off in a different direction from each other for a bit of added interest.

I love how you can take the same images, change them up a bit, alter the
colors and maybe add one different element to get a whole new look. 


On my previous post "Marie Antoinette Style"
I posted all the various "colorized" versions of this Marie image.

Here I will be posting the Gents and the young couple
as well as  some of the other "fun bits"

Enjoy!



 Fancy French Gents Fashions

Though these are French High Fashions they could also be referred to as:
"Georgian", "Federal" or "Colonial" in style
since they are from the 1778 - 1787 time period.



Gentleman #1

The Original image I started with from
1778 - 1798 "Galerie des Modes et Costumes"

I removed the background, and enhanced the image in Photoshop;
then I made similar color versions to go with my first Marie so I would have
nicely match couples or a complementary escort for her as needed.

You can find the matching Marie for each HERE

18th Century Fancy French Gentleman's Fashion - Red

18th Century Fancy French Gentleman's Fashion - Gold

18th Century Fancy French Gentleman's Fashion - Green

18th Century Fancy French Gentleman's Fashion - Peacock

18th Century Fancy French Gentleman's Fashion - Slate Blue

Gentleman #2

The Original image I started with from
1778 - 1798 "Galerie des Modes et Costumes"

I took the above image, worked a bit of Photoshop magic,
and created the following "friends" for Marie.

I love playing with colors - grins.

18th Century French Gentleman's Fashion - Red

18th Century French Gentleman's Fashion - Gold

18th Century French Gentleman's Fashion - Green

18th Century French Gentleman's Fashion - Peacock Blue

18th Century French Gentleman's Fashion - Slate Blue

18th Century French Gentleman's Fashion - Black

Young French Fashion Couple

I thought this fashion plate was so sweet;
since the couple depicted seemed to be in there teens.

They look like the "courting lovers" that decorate
 porcelain trinkets from this time period.

The Original image I started with from
1778 - 1798 "Galerie des Modes et Costumes"

French Fashion Couple

I had to do a bit of altering to get a "finished" skirt for her.

 I only have the one couple - no other colors for them currently.

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Scenic Backgrounds

I recently acquired some vintage toy theater backgrounds to create some wall art 

with and naturally; I could not resist using a few of them for my "Marie Art".  

This room especially just screamed "Marie" to me.

Original -  based on this real theater backdrop from 1880

 I made a series of adjustments to create my "Marie" backgrounds.

I wanted more dimension for my digital art so I created a series of 3 layers 

allowing me to drop in lots of shadows between the archways the ceiling moldings.  

I also made adjustments to the doorway: 

the "green" version the doorway is much taller.

the "purple" room it's been replaced to replicate the opposite wall. 

for the "blue" room, the door is on the opposite side than the original.

(but you can't see it since I chopped off the background to get a narrower scene)

When I created the various "layers" -

I was able to center and alter the patio arches.

I'm even able to replace the ceiling and the view out that first 

great archway to create a whole new series of other looks.

My Backgrounds for the Marie Rooms

background created for Marie's Purple Room

This room is a regal purple with a bright gold accent and has no visible doorway. 

There are also nice drop shadows at the first grand archway and above at the ceiling.

There is also a drop shadow between the molding and ceiling to help the molding "pop".

The outer archways are more centered with the grand arch and have been 

slightly widened so that now only 2 columns are visible.

background created for Marie's Purple Room

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The doorway has been made taller so inserted figures won't seem out of proportion to it.

There is a more pronounced drop shadow at the grand archway as well as a less pronounced 

one at the top of the room to help the molding stand out from the ceiling better.

The outer archways are more centered with the grand arch and have been 

slightly widened so that now only 2 columns are visible.

background created for Marie's Blue Room

The room has been changed to a stately blue with a more subdued antique gold trim. 

The layout has been flipped and reduced in width for another look.

There is a drop shadow at the grand archway as well as behind 

the molding to help it stand out from the ceiling.

The outer archways are more centered with the grand arch and have been 

slightly widened so that now only 2 columns are visible.

Frames - The Finishing Touch

A frame is a nice finishing touch to artwork; so I usually like to add one to my 

digital art-pieces as well.  I have collected some great vintage ones over the past 

few years and have used on of my favorites for my scenes above.

I've coordinated the "arch" area to work with each scene.

Frame used on "Marie's Purple Room"

Frame used on "Marie's Green Room"

Frame used on "Marie's Blue Room"

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I'm so glad you stopped by and checked out my latest and ope you

join me again with more fun fashions for the days of Marie Antoinette.

Till next we meet.