Here is my attempt:

the original is from "Silver Linings Playbook"

It would be "fun" too see how many ways one could tell a story in this image, a bit like the comic 99 Ways to Tell a Story. But just by using light!

I chose a scene from the movie Sleepy Hollow. Done in Procreate (I thought it would be faster but I’m still a beginner at digital painting so it took longer than a lot longer than using real paints)

The first image was the low key value study or as close as I could get them. The most contrast being the area between the buildings. For the second I tried making it look like the light source was coming from off screen and directed at the man standing by the entrance.

Ok, so on a screenshot is my initial small value study and I’ve marked the order of where my eye went when looking at a photo and then I’ve added a kinda simple but very bright window, that, I hope drags attention first and then keeps the same order 🤔 Did it work?) [at first, I just lit up the frame - then I realized that broke … physics 😂 and changed it to a glow from the inside of a flat, thought decided to post the first idea anyway, this way: I picture in that huuuuuge light source on a sky-lift just of the frame to the left👀😂] [also a moment of admiration: the composition and placement of original values are just awesome, that bright alleyway is just on the right height - where the eye goes naturally and it even drags attention from a darker spot - the door]

Really wanted to push that front lighting. Drawing windows are almost as intense as drawing trees!

The third one is without much detail. I want to simplify them more...

A version with values 4-9 and a full-values one with a new area of interest.

This is what I have completed so far…. One with light in the alley, as per the reference, and one with the light on the left side building. I apologize for the wonky perspective - painting architecture is not my thing.

1-Highlights. I tried to create a misty atmosphere in which the attention goes first to the sky and the roofs of the buildings on the left and then, hopefully, to the window of the building. 2-Shadows - I tried to bring the attention to the end of the street. 3-Mids. I moved the focus to the door of the big building. I enjoyed this exercise but I can't yet find a brush that fits this king of paintings (I'll keep searching…)

Added a dog😋

Didn’t notice the figure on the ground on the first pass, so I threw a little light on the third (man) pass