Researching more artist models and start trying on finals

In class during week 4 I was given feedback to try out a children's book style illustration.  This came after i decided to actually have the same background within all three of my illustrations to help build cohesion and contribute to the idea that it was all a part of the same story. From there Tanya suggested perhaps have the character white and i really liked it because it would create a really high contrast to the black shadow. I created a mood board of children's book illustrations scenery and decided to start drawing on some of my finals in color.

However i struggled a lot with painting the background as attempted multiple times but it all doesn't seem to work and is not turning out how i wanted it .