Mural Project Finished

We had a final day of painting out at Melissa's house.  The mural is finished and wouldn't you know it... I forgot my camera.  I snapped these with my phone so I'd have something to show you.

There are five lady bugs hidden in the foliage and several butterflies that are a little easier to find.  Eva asked how I was making the small yellow flowers on the left side and didn't really believe me when I told her. So when I did the blue flowers, I showed her how you load the brush with lots of paint and color to create the flower petals.

Melissa and her family are simply delightful!  Her baby was born in December and I got to meet her on this last trip out.  A beautiful, healthy girl!  I'm ever so grateful to all of them for letting me splash, sponge, finger paint, dab, smoosh, roll and brush paint on their walls.

Melissa said she'd take photo's and email them to me... or I'll take better shots when I go back out to do her older daughter's room.  That one is going to be a LOT of fun, but I'm only going to give you one hint on the subject:  Think baby sea turtles!

Mural Update - Work in Progress

We made it out for another painting day and got more detail on the fence and a start on the flora for the front of the scene.  I'm thinking one more trip out and it'll be finished.

I snapped a few that were closer.  These images should be used to help me plan what I'll do next time.. but I don't paint that way.  I don't plan every detail and placement out.  Even if I did, it would change as the image developed.  So... flowers are next.  Bring on the color explosion~ 

Anyway... here are the two sides in better detail.

The baby has come!  I don't know any more than she was born on the 22nd.  Congrats to the whole family.  I'll have more details on the next and final update on this mural project. 

Then I'll be looking to start another.... anybody else need something painted?? *wink*

Mural Project - Work In Progress

A friend of mine called and asked me where she could get her daughter some stencils for a picket fence. She wanted to paint one on the wall in her nursery.  Well the conversation continued and I volunteered to do a mural for them instead of stencils.

She lives an hour and a half away so we have short painting windows of a 2 to 4 hours per painting day.  That includes set up and clean up.  I'm not complaining... no way.  I'm loving doing this project... just wanted to explain why we are only this far on painting day 4.  We have two to three more days of painting to go.

I'll have pics of each painting day when it's finished - but I brought my camera this time and snapped a few shots of the work in progress and wanted to share them today.

Scrubby grass and weeds were added to the field and the fence was blocked in,.  Shading and texture on the fence, crossbars and the gate come on the next painting day.  As well as the wild flowers in the field

Here's a closeup of the tree.  I love painting trees.  The rope will have a tire swing at the end of it.  this may or may not have more detail added.  It all depends on how it fits with the flowers and bushes in front of and climbing over the fence.

Hope she likes it!