Balloon at Night/Birds on a Wire

I wanted to do the Balloon at Night to have something a bit lighter in the collection. Similarly to the Birds on a Wire I do some time back, also pictured below.

The Balloon is painted with acrylic paints that have been watered down, as are the clouds at the bottom. The Balloon is outlined using a wood burning tool. The dark area around the balloon was burnt using a regular torch. I finished it with a urethane coating.

The Birds on a Wire were created in a similar fashion, except in the opposite way with the birds being the piece burnt with a torch.