love and the city

This is my piece for illustration process about "love and the city."  I tried to make the background less detailed.  I think I am finally understanding that the background of a painting should be masses of color laying next to and complementing each other. Well, actually that depends on the look you are going for.  Sometimes it's nice to put small details in the background... but now I'm just confusing myself.  Lately, little detail and large monochromatic areas in the background have interested me.  Anyway, I think I'm getting somewhere.  Time for more painting