Indoor Mural, Day Two

I started Day Two on the mural at St. Anthony’s Retreat in Three Rivers with the idea that I could finish it, maybe even in the morning.

Fall down laughing.

First, I needed to fix the slopes below Comb Rocks. It was mushy in the mural, undefined, hard to read. See?

I looked out the window to see how the hills actually look. Of course, it is the wrong time of year, the wrong lighting, and the wrong angle; that’s where I try to blend artistic license with believability.

Artistic license is also why I have made Comb Rocks more prominent in the mural than they are out the window.

Better, more defined now. maybe too well defined, but leaves on the branches in the foreground can disguise that little problem.

That took longer than I expected, so I took a break. First, I photographed the live oak out the nearest window, thinking it might be helpful.

Maybe. Maybe not.
This is a view out the nearest window. I wonder if those bells ring.
Hey! That’s Moro Rock back there.

Go back to work, Central California artist, because you are procrastinating and it isn’t advancing the mural.

Branches on the oak tree and leaves on the branches. And these “bells” don’t ring; they are my clamp lamps.

Time for lunch! I love working here. 😎

River and bank sort of done. I found a river picture among the 30,000 photos on my computer that was helpful after I flipped it the other direction.
Poppies!

The oak tree on the left, the bank along the river, the sycamores, and the river itself don’t seem quite right to me. So, tomorrow I will see how to make these things look more believable.

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10 Comments

  1. Beautiful.

    • Thank you, Nancy! It is good to be reminded of the specialness of MK, and sharing it with others does that.

  2. Love this new mural, Jana! And I enjoyed scrolling through the pics of your San Diego trip. Looks like it was so much fun. So glad you got to do it!

    • Thank you, Cheryl! One day you and I are going to land in the same place at the same time and finally catch up in person. Can’t wait!

  3. Lovely!!

    • Aw shucks, Carol, thank you!

  4. This is beautiful! You have a little bit of everything in there. I want to just sit and look out your “window “already.

    • Thank you, Nikki! If I had more skill in making things up, it would have more to look at. Sigh.

  5. What a gift God has given you! Thanks for sharing! And to think I am so excited to learn how to draw my dogs face when I come for drawing lessons!

    • Thank you, Sandy, for checking in! Start taking close photos of your dog’s face in all different types of light. The key to a good drawing is being able to see what you are working on.

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