Challenging Indoor Mural #8

This was Pillar Day. Just do it. Figure it out and paint the thing.

Hmmmm, what is wrong with this road and these rocks? Why do they look like a pile of rocks rather than cobblestones?

 

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Let’s figure this out. . . procrastinating? Me? Why do you ask? This HAS to be figured out sooner or later. Sooner is better than later, isn’t it?

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This doesn’t appear to be any better. Guess I’ll ignore this for awhile and just paint.

Why is it that every single time I do a mural that I have to learn all over again? It must be because there is too much time between murals and then I forget.

The big lesson is to block things in. Fill the giant spaces with color, get the shapes and the color approximate, and then do the detail later.

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This isn’t too much to do. I can do this. Not sure about that pillar. Finally I decided to just paint the sides a solid color and deal with the face of it later. (We’ll worry about that later, Scarlett.)

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There. blocked in. Sides painted. Ready for the next day’s painting session when perhaps I’ll have a stroke of brilliance about the pillar and the pile of rocks.

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Yep, this is going to work. (Keep talking positively to yourself and pretty soon it will be true.)

 

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This is how it looks when facing the pillar straight on. Maybe I can blend it into the wall beyond on the left.

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