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touch room forest

more: touch room forest

First I did a watercolor sketch, when that was approved by park naturalists, I began scribbling on the wall. For complex pieces (the watershed mural: a map of a large swath of the local area) I produce a rough then project it on the wall. There was no room here to project, and it was easier to simply sketch the rough in blue paint, refine it with a smaller brush and black paint, then use sponges, large house brushes, and eventually artists' brushes to finish.
wall: first sketch
pileated woodpecker
wall: stage 2
wall: stage 4
squishy mushroom chair
guess who's under the sign: lifting reveals the animal, and its name
leaping grey fox: blue sketch
grey fox leaping: refined by black lines
wall: stage 1
wall: stage 3
base of wall: first layer of paint, I used the rough texture of the board for earth and tree bark
reference: oriole nest
screech owl (red phase)
bark beetle
garter snake
chipmunk
screech owl & pileated woodpecker
Baltimore oriole & nest
touch room forest: my mural is to the far right, out of the picture
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