Winnie the Pooh Mural

My newest project is a Winnie the Pooh mural. I will post photos of the work in progress. Day 1 was spent painting clouds on the ceiling and tracing out all the characters.

Below is day 2 & 3. This is an area of about 3 ft by 4 ft.


Here is the completed mural (day 4). I will be adding bees and such once I finish the rest of the room.


Day 4 - Starting on the rest of the characters...


Day 5 - Adding more details. Finished Pooh & Piglet. Heffalump & Roo are almost done.





Day 6 & 7 - Characters finished & tree started. All that is left is to finish the tree and add flowers.

Detour! Paris!!

Well looks like my butterflies are going to have to wait a few weeks. I got two new commissions this week that need to be completed ASAP. One is a mural for a nursery and the other is a painting of a Paris street scene. I think I will do a series of work in progress photos of the Paris painting. It will be very detailed and colorful. Here is the initial (very) rough sketch...


Starting to rough in the canvas...


Didn't like the perspective on the small background buildings so I made them bigger.


Adding some detail to buildings. Also changed the curve of the street so street light can be added.


Adding more details, tower appears somewhat crooked...


Didn't like how dark the foreground was so I added light to the windows of flower shop. Straightened out the eiffel tower also. Almost finished now...


Detail added to Anna's Cafe building, windows still need work. Chalked in rest of details, may add more people, not sure yet if it's needed.


Finished except for girl with poodle and other people if client wants them. Waiting to hear back.


I added some people. I also changed the sign color on the florist shop.


More details added. People at cafe now. People still need some shading.


Finished!

Butterflies

Ok, I am really excited. I have new paints called "interference" paints. They change color like mother of pearl depending on the angle you view them from. I am going to use them to paint a new series of butterflies. The colors are so vibrant, I can't wait to start! I haven't been this excited about a new painting since my first nest. Here are some inspiration photos I found...