Progress Of A Large Project
I didn't take photos of this massive blank wall, before I
started work on the mural. It is 25' high by 22' wide. Simply painted a Pea
Green color when I began. The upfront process started in April, when I worked
with the clients to determine a theme, or image for the wall. They had a few
beautiful photos of the dawn sunlight pouring onto the blank wall from 3 windows
on the adjacent wall and that became the inspiration for the sketches.....
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Thursday, August 4, 2005 - Norm & I constructed the scaffold. The doorway to
the kitchen proposed a challenge in that the step up from the living room
prevented us from putting the scaffold against the wall where we needed it
to be. A 30' ladder is used next to the scaffold as you will see in the
photo below from day 7 through day 9. The heavy detail work needed to
be done by straddling between the ladder and the scaffold. |
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Friday, August 5, 2005 - Layout of 3
windows to reflect the 3 windows on the adjacent wall.
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Saturday, August 6, 2005 - Primer and base white paint is applied.
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Sunday, August 7, 2005 - The sky and
clouds are detailed and the brickwork is laid in. |
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Monday, August 8, 2005 = Bricks are
detailed and shading is applied.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2005 - Woodwork on
molding is laid in.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2005 - molding is detailed and completed. The scaffold
is moved and the next window is sketched in with brickwork laid in. |
Thursday, August 11, 2005 - Brickwork and sky/clouds are laid in.
Friday, August 12, 2005 - Window 2 is done (except for some minor tune up work
to be done after window 3 is completed. Scaffold moves to last of the 3 windows.
Bricks are completed and sky is laid in.
Saturday, August 13, 2005 - Window 3 is done, window 2 is tuned up and the
scaffold comes down.
The customer is happy! Time to go home, jump in the pool to refresh
and celebrate a safe and successful completion of a job well done!
The furniture is back in place, and the customer is delighted!
