How about that for a title? Installment #4 is actually part 2 of day 2.

Whatevs. I want to show you how the paint goes on, in terms of what order things get painted. Yeah, yeah, I’m stretching it out in a concession to people’s short attention spans. Don’t want to fall into the TLDR* category.

After the pediment was finished, at least as finished as it can be until it is time to evaluate the entire mural, then I began the lower part of the background. (The upper part is the sky. Duh.)

I started blocking things in and it was a relief to paint standing on the floor. In spite of not having much room to step back and see, it is easier than climbing up and down off a ladder. (Not complaining, just explaining.)

Got so happy to be able to reach that I started too low. See that little piece of tape off to the far left edge? I added that after I couldn’t figure out why things weren’t fitting. Counted wrong again!

Okay, now the growies are up where they belong and the other parts are getting blocked in. “Blocked in” is Artspeak for loose rough blobs that approximate what they will become when more care is taken.

*Too Long Didn’t Read