New Mural in Three Rivers, Chapter 3

The Mineral King mural in Three Rivers is in this building.

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This is how the mural looked when I arrived on Day #2. Tower is in place, background sort of finished, trees located.

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In the last post I said it is quiet in the museum. Ahem. Not on Day #2! A cabin facade is getting built behind me, and every hammer blow or power tool is amplified in the empty room with a tile floor. It is going to look great, and on the back wall will be a window with a painted view of something Mineral King.

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On to the day’s work. . .

Trees in place
Trees in place
The tower needs more work
The tower needs more work
Something is wrong with that tower, but I can't see how to fix it in the photo.
Something is wrong with that tower, but I can’t see how to fix it in the photo.

 

Louise called someone who remembers the tower from when it was still standing. He verified that it had 4 legs. But, we couldn't figure out where the 4th one belonged or how those steps worked.
Louise called someone who remembers the tower from when it was still standing. He verified that it had 4 legs. But, we couldn’t figure out where the 4th one belonged or how those steps worked.

The bright sun came in through the skylight and with my strongest magnifier glasses, I figured it out!

First, I painted out that back let in its wrong position.
First, I painted out that back leg from its wrong position.
Then I painted it in the correct position and added the steps.
Then I painted it in the correct position and added the steps. Much better! It is tricky to paint things I’ve never seen, especially when the photos don’t help.
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Now the lower background needs more work, along with the foreground.
Those small trees on the lower left look wrong. The trunks don't belong. They are too complete for their small size. Something is out of whack.
Those small trees on the lower left look wrong. The trunks don’t belong. They are too complete for their small size. Something is out of whack.

After putting growing things in the foreground, I painted off the bottoms of those 2 trees. On Day #3, I will figure this out and finish!

The mural started out sort of easy, but on Day #2 I was just making stuff up without photos to help. That’s not easy at all.

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2 Comments

  1. Love it – now need cards to buy!

    • Sally, the museum will be turning the mural into postcards, not notecards. I don’t know when they will be available.

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