affinity designer Scene from Cades Cove, Smoky Mountains, vector with pixel layer brush work

[stojames]

I took a photo of this particular homestead in Cades Cove at Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee, USA. My photo looked very dark and dull as it was quite foggy and misty. I created this scene as a vector drawing, then added brush work in Pixel layers. 
I took a couple of liberties to make it brighter and less foggy. My wife wanted smoke from chimney of building on far right and so I added some. These homesteads here are not active and would not have any smoke. 
 

[stojames]

Something converted the colors and made it darker and more contrast than what I actually have in designer. Darn it.