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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