Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010 Mural Comes Down

My finished Mural!

Here I am with my mural.

This is Doug Buchanan and me. I have been working with him throughout the project.

My Mural coming down.

My Mural stretched out on the floor and then being rolled up to be stored until it will be hung on the wall in the hallways of COSI. Hopefully in the next couple of weeks!

This has been an exciting experience. Although relieved to have the mural finished I haven't wanted to see it end. Everyone has been so great to work with at COSI. I am anxious to see the mural actually on the wall at COSI. Hope I get the chance to do another mural sometime soon!

Last Day of Mural Mural Work Tuesday Jan. 20, 2010

This is my finished mural after I finished working on it until about 2:00 Tues. Jan. 20. I think that I could have kept working on it forever. But I needed to call it finished at some point, so this is it. What do you think?

On this day I went over some of my work and added the red flowers into the vines, because it seemed like it needed some different colors besides just green and blue.


It is finished! All is left to do is take the mural off the wall and roll it up for storage. I will come back next week to do this so that I am certain that it is completely dry.
I would love to have some reactions from viewers. Please let me know what you think. Is it truly finished? Should I add anything? Should I subtract anything?

Mural Work Day 8: Tues. Jan. 11, 2010

My mural at the beginning of work day 8.

Can you see the difference in the background color here? One thing I have to do is to even out the background.

I also want to go over the vines, foliage and roots again.

Here I am with my mural at the end of day 8. I think that I might have just a half a day of work left as well as taking the mural off the wall when it is finished and totally dry.

Here is the mural. I think it is almost finished. What do you think?

As I left my storeroom "studio" I looked back and saw my mural. It looked pretty good!

This is what my mural looks like now.

My COSI Mural Progression Photos

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Mural Work Day 7: Wed. Jan. 6, 2010

My family and I visited COSI over the holidays on Dec. 23, 2009 and this is a picture of us in front of my mural.

This is me with my mural on Dec. 23, 2009

My mural at the start of work day 7, Jan. 6, 2010.

I am going to work on the "tree lady", the hands at the bottom, and the vines in the top of the tree. My daughter, Lydia, suggested that I should add roots at the bottom of the globe so I am going to try this.

Here are the changes to the hands.

I added vines to the top of the painting.

I'm working on the tree lady and adding more vines.

Here is a closeup of the vines and the face.

My mural is almost finished so I took down my wall of reference photos today.

This is what my mural looked like at the end of Day 7. I think that it will take just one more day of work to redo the background, because it seems uneven, and do some other touch ups.
I can't believe that my mural is almost finished!

Mural Work Day 6: Thursday Dec. 17, 2009

This is my mural at the beginning of my sixth day of work (fifth actual painting day). I want to work on the tree foliage today and the vines.

This is a picture of where my workspace is at COSI. It is behind the wall that is between these two doors.

Here are my supplies at the beginning of the day. I had to get some more tree pictures for my work today.

I am working on the top of the painting and have decided to use an "Impressionistic effect" for the tree foliage.
I also worked on the globe again, making it lighter. I also worked on the face, but I think that it still needs more work.

Here is one side of the vines. I decided to make a twisting effect for the vines, I think that it gives it more life.

Here is the other side of the vines.

I am almost finished! So I added my signature today.

Here I am with my mural at the end of the sixth work day. I am going to take a break now for the holidays and come back to it after the first of the year.

I think it is almost finished! Maybe one-two more days of work! Please give me your comments. What should I change or add to the painting?

Here is a view of the mural from one door.

And this is what it looked like as I left on my sixth day of work. Can't believe that it has gone so fast!

Mural Work Day 5: Monday Dec. 14, 2009

My mural at the beginning of day 5. I want to work on the vines and the globe today.

Once again I need to paint out the vines which means that I will need to mix and paint more light blue. It has been difficult to get the same color but I try to blend it over the original so I won't have to cover the whole painting again.

I've finished my second container of white making more light blue!

Here is a detail of the vines after I changed them.

I darkened the globe, but it is too dark...

So I lightened it again...

Here is another detail of the vines and globe at the end of the day.

Here is my mural at the end of my fifth work day. I plan on putting one more day of work in before Christmas and then take a break. It will be interesting to see how far I get!