Mural Action

I was commissioned to paint a wall mural of Jack Bauer from the tv series "24". The mural is roughly 4ft x 6ft. This was a fun mural to create. I've been a fan of the tv show for years, so I was easily able to connect with it myself. The mural is located in a teenagers' bedroom (the same room I painted the Edward Cullen mural).

I projected the image upon the wall with an opaque art projector and then traced it with chalk. This gave me a rough outline to work with. Then I "sketched" over the chalk with black paint onto the wall. When I say "sketch" that is what I mean...I approached it as if it were a sketch by painting in lines and then shading (of course with black latex house paint). Then I applied the colors. I worked on the background first applying the dark colors first and then muting them with lighter colors. Then I worked on the front taxi and the number 24. Lastly I did Jack himself.

I've learned a lot over the last few weeks as I've been creating back to back to back wall murals for clients. The main thing I've learned is that I really love painting large scale. The bigger the canvas, the more excited I get. I can't wait for my next mural adventure. The world is my canvas!!!

Mural Illusions

If you're at all familiar with the "Twilight" vampire book & movie series, you'll know how popular it is currently. I recently was commissioned to paint a wall mural in a teenagers' bedroom of the main character, Edward Cullen.

Like most murals I do, I projected the image onto the wall and traced it with chalk. This mural is roughly 4ftx6ft. Then I embarked on the journey of adding layers of latex housepaints to bring the image alive. With this particular character (being a vampire) I also added a special feature...glitter to the facepaint...so in certain light he sparkles.

Mural Adventures

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to." -Bilbo Baggins.

This is a wall mural I painted in a client's office. It's BagEnd (the house of hobbit Bilbo Baggins) with Gandalf approaching. It's roughly 8ft tall x 12ft wide. It took me 4 days to complete. I thoroughly enjoyed this project, as I am a HUGE fan of Lord of the Rings and have recently been to New Zealand and visited the actual film set of Hobbiton where the site BagEnd is located.

For this mural, I used an opaque projector to project an image (something I composed as a mockup with multiple images) onto the wall. I traced it with chalk. Then I embarked on the journey of painting it. I listened to the soundtrack of Fellowship of the Ring non-stop (and even popped in the dvd of Fellowship of the Ring as background inspiration) while I painted. I used flat latex house paints. I began my approach to this mural as if it were a sketch (using black paint to outline and shade in order to create depth and tonal value) and then I layered on colors. I had a deadline...but if I didn't...I could've spent a lot more hours adding countless details!

 This was so fun to create!