Day 94 - Circles Are . . . Shall We Say "Difficult"

Below is a recently completed port window to complement the sea-life mural in the room.

Below you can see the rough template first drawn on newsprint paper based on some research images.

The image was then transferred onto tracing paper and outlined on the reverse side with pink chalk.

The final step in transferring the image was placing the paper with the chalk against the door and going over the drawing one more time. 

Day 86 - Update 2 - Mural anyone?

This is gonna be quick. Look at the time. oi.
Below are images of a mural I completed this summer.

It was a great project and everyone involved was very nice.

Lesson reinforced: A little bit of planning goes a long way. Be prepared.
Challenges: Figuring out how to paint a HUGE gradient for the sky, making sure brushes didn't dry with paint on them, staying hydrated (definitely lost a few pounds in sweat . . .and smelled like it too).

The concept drawing almost perfectly matched the final painting when layered on top of each other. Cool!  Click to see larger.

Day 86 - It's All In the Details

Below you can see the steps taken to refurbish two metal decal buttons for a motorcycle. The original paint was looking crusty, but it was still holding on tight!

Nothing a bit of sandpaper, combined with paint thinner, wire wheeling, and exacto-knifing can't handle . . . right?

First thought: " That's a whole bunch of tiny details."











Whose idea was it to put red paint under the white?

White paint attempt # 1. Thought: "This is lumpy and therefore a failure."

Scrape out the white and try the red paint. Thought: "No need to freak out. . . this will look decent in the end . . . and repeat."

After carefully slicing the red paint off the letters, I re-painted the white center, destroyed it and tried one last time. The result: shiny, but still a little lumpy. I tried my best so there you go.