If you can’t see the photos, go here: cabinart.net/blog. A swamp cooler doesn’t help in hot humid weather. When it is horrid out, I am able to paint a few hours before melting. So, I am thankful to have such an agreeable customer while working on his project in this disagreeable weather.
Because the sign is 20″, and will be outside, I am going to attempt to do this with my mural paints instead of oils. I might need oils for the detailed parts, but maybe the scenery can be accomplished with mural paints.
Rough start. I need a photo rather than the old sign. Good thing this is about Mineral King, because I have a couple of photos on my computer of Mineral King. A couple thousand.
This will work. I drew a partial circle around it to help me see which parts to include.
How did I paint before I learned to use photos on the laptop? Easy. I could see small things up close in the olden days.
Now we’re cooking with gas!
And that might be why I am melting. This project is going to have to wait for better weather.
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This is why I’m grateful I’m a “morning person.” At 6:00 a.m. it’s quiet and (relatively) cool, so I can open all the windows . . . for awhile. And then the A/C kicks in and I close up all the windows for the rest of the day.
I, too have “a couple” of Mineral King photos on my computer. Heh!
You found the same angle for your project–almost a perfect match! And “agreeable customers” are the best kind to have, right?
P.S. I’m curious as to why a MK background is on this disc when “Uhlir Lot #59” doesn’t exist in Mineral King nor Silver City.
Sharon, the cabin is in Silver City. Those lot numbers remain a mystery to me. I probably should have blocked out the lot number and name to protect the customer’s identity, but alas, what is done is done.
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