After about 40 hours of painting over a month’s time, doing battle with ferocious mosquitoes and torrential rain, I finally finished the mural. I happy with how things turned out and it certainly added some color to the pathway. And
Retaining Wall Mural, 4th coat
The last of the rain passed through around 6:30 this morning, and with my coffee in hand I went to survey the work to be done on the mural. By 10am the wall was dry enough to paint. I took
3rd Coat, finished
I went straight to work early this morning determined to finish the third coat. And by 4pm I was washing my brushes. Just in time. The humidity had been in the 80-90% range all day and at 4 clouds came
Mural Painting 3rd Coat: continued
As long as it’s not raining I’m going to get out and keep at this mural. Today I put in the green and pinstripe work. The pinstripe is causing me some problems because the texture of the wall is so
Mural Painting, 3rd Coat – painting
The weather last night took an unexpected turn for the better. I woke up to clear blue skies, light puffy clouds and a dry breeze keeping the bugs off. This was a sign. I grabbed my sign painting brushes and
Mural Painting, 2nd Coat
Got off to a good start early this morning knowing the temperature was going to be hot and humid. I did a fair amount of painting done considering there was a lot of measuring to do as I laid out
Mural Painting, base coat
I didn’t get this posted last Friday because I didn’t get finished till late. By then it was too dark to get a photo. So things are moving along. These pictures show the base coat. These colors are laid down
Final Revision of the Retaining Wall Mural
Anyone interested in working on a mural? It doesn’t pay, but I’ll buy lunch at Tong Kee. I expect the painting will take 2- 2 1/2 days, but I only need help for the first day. Work involves being able
Retaining Wall Mural w/Fish – painting
When I first met with the client about painting their retaining wall, one of the things they mentioned being interested in is schools of fish. I originally discarded the idea as being overdone. What I liked about the buildings was
Retaining Wall Mural Painting – painting
I have been asked to propose a mural painting for a retaining wall here in the Southern District. This had a lot to do with my Sau Mau Ping Wallpaper sketch I did last month. My inspiration comes from sitting