Slowly inching along, climbing up and down the ladder, walking to the end of the driveway and back, studying, scrutinizing, evaluating, analyzing. I have to live with this mural, not just drive past it occasionally, so it needs to be really well done. Besides, it will be advertising for murals during the Studio Tour.

One ladder for climbing, the other for use as a platform for paints. The progress is incremental. Can you see it from photo to photo? I’m looking forward to being able to paint while standing on the ground. It is so much easier to back up and see how things look when no climbing is involved.

Wow, those ridges sure do show up. I don’t think they are quite as noticeable in person as they are in the photos.

Pretty neat-o from a distance, but there sure are lots of murals at this place. Looks sort of billboardy, or maybe a bit overdone, perhaps? Nah. Besides, it is MY house, I’m FIFTY-FOUR YEARS OLD, and I’ll have as many murals as I want. I can quit any time, you know. It’s not like I’m covering EVERY space. Besides, I can always paint them out.

There is still the garage door, which consists of mismatched panels. I told the repair guy that I didn’t care whether or not the panels matched because I planned to paint a mural. That was before Trail Guy suggested a Sequoia mural on the other door.

Never trust an artist with a blank wall.