Projection

First published in January 2009

Remember overhead projectors? That is the device we hope to use to project the image on the wall. I spent 4-1/2 hours tracing the model painting of the mural onto a roll of tissue paper (the kind called “flimsy” by architects). Today I found back-up bulbs for the projector, bought a couple of boxes of magic markers, and had my tracing converted to a series of 10 transparencies. outline.jpgThe projection takes place after dark with lots of people manning Magic Markers. The process ensures that the mural will match the model painting that has been approved. The model painting is called a “maquette”, which actually means a 3 dimensional model, but we don’t have an adequate word for a 2 dimensional model. The Mural Team requires an accurate to-scale painting before giving the go-ahead to an artist, and the artist is supposed to follow that maquette to a tee!

On my previous murals, I simply drew a small to-scale sketch and then marked off the centers of the painting surface and began drawing with my paintbrush. I thought 80″ x 80″ was huge.

Next, the Seatrain (20′ x 8′) was stunningly massive.

Finally I began the one on 6 4’x8′ panels and could hardly grasp the grandeur of it all. (Silly girl, Trix are for kids!) That one on panels was difficult because the design process hadn’t been fully solved before attempting the panels.

The Mural Team of Exeter has much experience (2 dozen or so murals since 1996) and knows that the design process has to be completed and adhered to in order to have any sort of control over their outdoor gallery. (I fully agree with this because I was the President of the Mural Team when we put these rules into place.)

Giant Project Revealed

First published in January 2009

  • What? the next mural in Exeter
  • Where? the 100 north block of E street, on the west side, facing south . Yes, that is correct – it overlooks the parking lot of the Exeter Sun.
  • When? We are hoping to project the image on the wall on the evenings of Thursday and Friday, February 5 and 6
  • Biggest what: (no surprise here) – Mineral King, of course! 😎
  • Size: The wall is 105′ x 15″; the mural will be 103′ x 12′ *
  • Who? me! I get to paint it after planning for months and months and months. . .

panel-1.jpgpanel-2.jpgpanel-3.jpg Print this out, cut out the pictures, tape them together in this order, imagine the longest sepia part scooted to the left, and there is the next mural!!

  • Update: The wall turned out to be 110′ long, and the mural ran the entire length

Honeymoon Cabin II

I have drawn this cabin in graphite multiple times, and it remains interesting to me! It is a cute little place, right on the stream, with a great view of Vandever in the background. (That is the peak on the right/west side of Farewell Gap that my studly husband climbs almost every summer while I sit on the porch with the 2way radio and my knitting!). Now I have painted the cabin twice, and probably will continue painting it from various photos taken at different times in the seasons and times of the day. Eventually I hope to paint it standing on location.

Honeymoon Cabin II

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P.S. Now it is 2024, and this is the first post I ever put up on my blog. I’ve painted this cabin more times than I can remember, blogged 5 days a week since April 2008, and am about to delete all my old posts because no one cares and they are slowing down my website.