Archway classical Academy Old World Mural with Columns,Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

Archway classical Academy Old World Mural with Columns,Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Archway classical Academy Old World Mural with Columns, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

Monday, August 17, 2009

Rock Band Mural Day 5


More detail, highlights and shadowing. We decided to do more with the background. We will use more vibrant colors for the lighting. We decided to do more background and colors. Every time we get on a fun project, we always seem to do more and more and more. It is fun and maybe the client will let us do some other finishes in their home.

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Rock Band Mural Day 4












This is Day 4 & 5 progress. This is so much fun! The client would like Elvis playing the saxophone. OK. That’s probably never been done. The client’s cousin plays in a 80s retro band. They dress-up really fun. We wanted to make him look like he is having the best experience of his life. Michael Jackson, Cher, Jimmie Hendrix, Elton John, & Eddie Van Halen are added.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Rock Band Mural Day 3

Today we are on day three. The paint we are using is artist paints for the caricatures. When we have a character over our faux, we first paint the area with a white primer. The primer dries quickly and our acrylics colors will be vibrant. Today we get to do some detail.



And we started on our black musical notes all around the room!

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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Rock Band Mural Day 2

Today we are starting the jam room mural. Caroline was up all night putting together our ideas in photo shop. The caricatures the client chose are Michael Jackson, Cher, Steve Tyler, Jimmy Hendricks, Eddie Vanhalen, Elton John, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Freddie Mercury, and their cousin is on the drums. We are starting out by smoothing the textured wall with gypsum plaster. We are only smoothing the areas where the caricatures are going. We have found this extra step is so important. It helps when we are doing detail. We primed the entire wall, then let the primer dry. We painted the background by placing the caricatures and doing a faux finish for the background. The background will be black on the bottom and fade to different blues. We started with Marilyn Monroe, then Elvis, then Freddie Mercury, then Frank Sinatra.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

ROCK/BLUES/OLDIES BAND MURAL

Today we are commissioned to design a mural in a Jam room. This room is an area in the client’s home where they gather to play their instruments. The client is asking for eleven caricatures of people they choose. We suggested the wall mural have the caricatures playing instruments as back-up musicians! The room is twenty five feet wide and twelve feet tall. The caricature mural will be placed behind the raised stage. This is going to be a fun mural. Steve and I are excited. The clients have chosen the following musicians to be in the mural:
Michael Jackson, Cher, Steve Tyler, Jimmie Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, Elton John, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, Freddie Mercury and the Clients' cousin, Brian, as the drummer ( he's a real drummer the band
'80's Rewind'!)
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