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A few weeks back I was on here asking a little assistance on doing a mural for my bedroom. Here's the finished product. I ended up choosing this picture I found on a calender. I had already painted the window opening, of course the picture was of different proportions. It was done over a period of a week. It was done using acrylics from Wal Mart. Some airbrushing, some sponging but mostly brush work. This was my first time to use acrylics.
[ October 30, 2002, 03:14 AM: Message edited by: George Perkins ]
-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
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That looks so real George. The depth on the hammock is so realistic, & that one palm looks like a photo. I'd like to see an even closer view! You got a better view then I do.
I thought that was a photo mural! Damn, you are good! I am impressed. All's that missing is scantily clad native girls and drinks with the funky little umbrellas...
Have a great one!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
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-------------------- Jeff Vrstal Main Street Signs 157 E. Main Street Evansville, WI 53536 1-608-882-0322 Posts: 670 | From: Evansville, Wisconsin | Registered: Sep 2001
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George, You have a way with realism, could have fooled me with the paint, sure looks like a photo down in the Fla. Keys where I have fond memories with my dad. A lazy afternoon!
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Now just think of all the money you have saved !!! Not having to take that trip to the tropics ..hehehehe
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Man you need to share some more of your work with us so we can drewl.
And to do that in a week. I think you are on to a potentially very profitable venture. That piece of work and anything like it commands a premium. As far as I am concerned you rank up there with the elite on this board. Thanks for sharing!
Maybe you can give us a "mini how to" on how you did it ?
ps...and thanks for responding to one of my first posts on the BB, you were an encourager when I needed it in picking a plotter/cutter.
-------------------- Ricky Simpson Simpson Signs South Central VA, USA "railroader aspiring to be fulltime SignArtist." Posts: 246 | From: VA | Registered: Jan 2000
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George... Thats a really fine job. I like it because of the way that hammock is kind of unexpected. When you first mentioned doing the mural I was kinda thinking oh no, not another endless sunset, but this scene pulls off the beach theme nicely. The hammock just invites you into the picture and puts you right on the beach. And I think thats one of the signs of good art...Getting the viewer involved in the painting.
And like Janette said , you have the light and shadows just right. I can't say enough about the hammock... you chose to make it look worn which means its been USED! And you got it tilted just enough that you can almost feel the breeze that musy be blowing it, so that's adding a little action to what would normally be a static scene. It's hard to breath life into something like a beach scene, but you pulled it off.
The only thing I'm not crazy about is the frame color...it seems like it gets lost being almost the same as the wall... is that just me??
-------------------- Jeff Ogden 8727 NE 68 Terr. Gainesville FL, 32609 Posts: 2138 | From: 8827 NE 68 Terr Gainesville Fl 32609 | Registered: Aug 2002
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That's very nice! and believe me...I see A LOT of beach scenes down here!
Jeff, I'm sure George will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the "frame" effect is actually representing looking through the wall as if the scene is right outside.
Again, very nice, George!
-------------------- Joe Endicott NEXCOM (Navy Exchange Service Command) Signing Programs Specialist Virginia Beach, VA jeendicott@msn.com
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Joe.. Yes,it IS a window, but I still have reservations about the frame color. Not really trying to be picky though, cause I really like the mural.
-------------------- Jeff Ogden 8727 NE 68 Terr. Gainesville FL, 32609 Posts: 2138 | From: 8827 NE 68 Terr Gainesville Fl 32609 | Registered: Aug 2002
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Jeff, a little explanation as far as the "frame" goes, I'm not really wild about it either. My original intention was to do some faux rocks/stones whatever of various sizes. This bedroom is my first ever attempt at any interior decorating. I plan on buying new furniture, I'm thinking along the lines of European or Scandanavian, the sleek, smooth stuff. I figure the starkness of the furniture might play off the "business" of what's going on with the walls. I was kinda afraid the rocks might just be a bit much, so for now it's just an opening in the sheet rock, til I get the furniture in there. I figure it would be real easy to put the rocks over what's there now but a real bitch to go the other way. I thought I had made a big mistake when I first rolled that peach on the walls. Then after I started adding the hunter green here and there it all started to pull together ( man I HAVE GOT TO STOP Watching HGTV Anyway the frame as it is will get changed in some way before it's all over with.
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-------------------- George Perkins Millington,TN. goatwell@bigriver.net
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