What a dumb title. . . but you do get the idea that I am continuing to show and tell you about the progress of the indoor mural I am painting at Visalia Granite, yes?
Well, oops. Measure twice, cut once. . . count twice, tape once. So obvious an error!
I retaped and began redrawing, just enough visual boundaries so that I wouldn’t waste time painting more sky than necessary.
Kind of a messy process to draw with blue chalk. I finally got the bright idea to drop a plumb line for the center of the columns and then just build around them with sky, closer than necessary so the columns can be painted over the top.
What am I going to do with that troublesome beam? Ignore it for now.
I got pretty excited about the sky and had to go get a few people who work at Visalia Granite to come admire the first few clouds.
You can see the upper photo taped to the wall is the thing I am painting. The lower one is the reference for the clouds that the Art Patron (well, what else shall I call him? “The Customer” doesn’t have enough dignity for this job.) requested. OF COURSE the light is coming from the wrong direction in the cloud photo. Always something to challenge my abilities, to put a little edge onto what should be a simple task.
Isn’t this cool?
Oh wow, I CAN’T WAIT FOR TOMORROW!!
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… and we (who cannot draw a straight line without a ruler) would never know. I just finished a counted cross stitch … I will not tell you where the boo boos are …
Diane, rulers are fantastic tools and I use whenever possible. Masking tape too. Oh, and triangles and any straight edge I can find! You are persistent and determined and patient – counted cross stitch is HARD.
Wow! You make it look simple …
Oh Diane, if you could hear a recording of the internal conversation I have with myself while I am painting, you’d hear how I am simplifying it as I go. “Skip this part, leave that out, move this over, ignore this for awhile. . . .”
Thanks for checking in !
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