Image 1 is the character reference: keep this same young man, same face, same copper-red curly hair, same long dark navy coat, white shirt, thin dark tie, dark trousers, brown boots, paper coffee cup and slim tightly furled closed black umbrella with a wooden crook handle. Images 2 and 3 are style references only: copy their painting manner exactly, simple flat gouache shapes, clean graphic silhouettes, very little detail, big calm areas of pale colour, soft washed background fading into white mist. Do not copy any person, place or object from images 2 and 3. Scene: a small boy on a pale square watches in dismay as his bright red balloon slips away and rises, its thin string clearly visible trailing below it. Our tall thin hero strolls past sipping coffee with half-closed eyes, barely looking, and lazily lifts the closed umbrella upside down so its wooden crook handle hooks the balloon string in mid air. The red balloon is the only saturated accent. Dry pale pavement on a calm overcast day, simple pale city buildings fading into mist, no landmarks, no crowd, no puddles, no autumn leaves. Full figures visible, boots on the ground. No text, no logos, no watermark.
