After the mess of the first round of photos (here are part I and part II) you must be curious how the whole thing actually turned out.
Well,… what do you think?
I didn’t notice that the photo turned out a bit blurry when I took them because the sun was blinding. So the pictured are just as unfocused and random as the mural itself….
How it started (go here for part I), how it’s going.
The only request I had for the mural, was to put a horse in it.
I went in with zero plan or structure because I wanted to put paint on the wall. Realized the paint is shit and with no plan it will be going no where so I started sketching out the scene on paper after all. The sketch turned out quite nice. Unfortunately I don’t have a photo of it.
So what followed was a second round of “sketching it out” directly with paint.
Last year I did a couple of master copies of famous artworks. This one is based on ‘Smokey Face’ by N.C. Wyeth.
Watercolour and coloured pencil.
This was my first attempt at a full scene in watercolour and ink, where I put the characters of the previous posts into action.
I am very happy how it turned out. Any comments and criticisms are welcome 🙂
Did you ever take your pet to school?
Some of the initial sketches of the class room.
Have a great weekend! I will be out enjoying the sun.
Melanie Franz 