So I drew up some sketches and got the okay for this one:
And calmly began painting in the background.
Then the snags began. My oh-so-smart idea of projecting the image onto the wall failed miserably. The room was too shallow for the image to project accurately and I spent the day wrestling with it.
Finally, I just gave up and drew everything freehand. Which was quite time-consuming.
And of course my pencil marks were so messy, I had to outline in paint just to see what I had drawn.
It was quite a relief to actually start painting color. But to get to this stage took about twice the amount of time anticipated.
And at this point, I just hope I get the mural done before the baby gets here!
to be continued...
7 comments:
Oh my gosh- that's so much work! I've done murals for my niece and nephews and I started with the idea of, "oh, this will be fun." It turned into a sore shoulder and it took twice as long as I thought. In the end they turned out well. I used some potato stamps to save some time of leaves and stuff...your mural is gorgeous! Who is the lucky recipient of an original Grace Lin painting??
What a wonderful gift! Your characters will bring such delight to this lucky child. You are an AMAZING GRACE!!!
And I think it's a big deal to paint my walls solid colors. Hmm.
What a gift! We'll get to see the whole thing when it's finished, right?
Grace, this is absolutely lovely. What an amazing gift for your friends.
How amazing! I wish I was your friend. I am looking forward to painting a room ocean blue and putting up Finding Nemo stickers.
Your friends are extremely blessed to have you for their friend! What a labor of love!
Luke and Ranida and baby are so fortunate to be the recipients of such a generous and beautiful gift!! Truly an amazing mural. What do the Chinese characters mean?
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