The primary colors of red, blue, and yellow plus white are how I mix colors to paint murals. The paints are supposed to be highly pigmented and lightfast, but yellow ALWAYS fades first. Since green is made from blue and yellow, greens turn to grayish blues. Two years ago I repainted the big Mineral King […]
Saw on a Saw, Done
Stick a fork in it, it’s done. (Better not – the tines will bend.) I gave this another good look. A few more branches on the left, another tree straightening, and my signature were all that it needed. Trail Guy and I wrapped it in 2 pieces of cardboard using duct tape around the […]
Saw/Saw
What is “Saw/Saw”? Glad you asked! I have been commissioned to paint Sawtooth on a saw blade. Hence, saw/saw. The blade is about 4′ in diameter and is heavy metal. I lifted it onto my round table and then couldn’t figure out whether or not I should lean on the teeth to get the balance […]
One Down, Three to Go
One what? Three what? Murals at my home, two of which are Mineral King murals. There are actually 6 murals, but two are indoors more than outdoors so they don’t get the sun’s abuse. I finished the wildflower mural. It has a ton of wildflowers in a not terribly natural looking manner, but good enough to identify. […]
But I Don’t Feel Like It
The mural on my studio door was only partially repainted, and each time I would think about finishing, the thought would come into my head, “But I don’t feel like it. . .” Summer was too hot to paint; fall came, and I looked at the door and wondered why I just never felt like […]
The Tree is Finished
Is the oak tree mural finished?? I think it is, although until the customer sees it (and my oak tree expert says it is believable), the question remains unanswered. It took about 20 hours to paint. All that time was alone except for the busy nice man from Delta Liquid Gas, a brief hello from a […]
A Tree Continues Growing in Three Rivers
On Day Two of the oak tree mural in Three Rivers, I walked to work, because I didn’t have to haul any paint. That is another benefit of working indoors – all supplies are secure overnight. I spent the day studying the mural from below, climbing up the ladder and working until I got confused […]
A Tree Grows in Three Rivers
A Tree Grows in Three Rivers? Hokey, I know, and I can’t even remember what A Tree Grows In Brooklyn was about. This is a commissioned mural inside of a home 2 doors away from me. It recently sold and will become yet another vacation rental in a town and neighborhood that is jammed full of […]
Gekkos in Three Rivers, Finished?
Is my mural, “Gekkos in Three Rivers” finished? A job isn’t finished until I hear from the customer that she is happy. As of the writing of this blog post, I haven’t heard. The gekko on the left was the next one to be painted. These are the colors I chose. You can see the […]
Gekkos in Three Rivers
My decision is made: gekko is correct. Here is how the first set of transferred and redrawn gekkos looked on Day Two in the shade. Still hard to see, but not invisible. After applying more blue chalk to the back side of the tissue pattern, I transferred 2 more sets of gekkos to the board, […]