..![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pbZw476tEsE/Sil05tKKYJI/AAAAAAAACMc/FD112YqIKHw/s400/eld_litter-cap.jpg)
Final frame from the animated film
The Road to El Dorado (2000).![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pbZw476tEsE/Sil41KOE-9I/AAAAAAAACM8/ndNGYBP2EQc/s400/eld_litter-rough-lo.jpg)
Color key for the background painting. It was originally meant to be a backlit scene but as you can see in the final version we brought the light around to the front.
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pbZw476tEsE/Sil052tmUFI/AAAAAAAACMs/OOiM2LwpyMc/s400/eld_litter-lo.jpg)
Painted foreground element.
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pbZw476tEsE/Sil05-HVqVI/AAAAAAAACM0/Zk7B30JS8jU/s400/eld_litter-bg-lo.jpg)
Final background painting. All images Copyright DreamWorks Animation.
And for those of you who have been asking for a gouache landscape sketch demo, I have one up over on
Landsketch.