Painting A Mural pt.1 — Art & Animation

Todays blog post is a fun one, I been working on a BIG project for the entire month of Janurary. The opportunity came from a jiu jitsu friend who wanted to open up a restaurant ask me if I’ed be down to paint a mural.

I have always dreamed about painting murals but never had to chance so when he asked I jumped at it. Its been SOO much work, every weekend all days and 3hrs after work daily. Its been a challenge because I have never done this on this scale but it cant be much different from my sketch book (was my thought)

Below are some pictures of the process, I will update when I finish.

sketches of puerto rican flag with frog — 1st draft for one of the designs

puerto rican flag and frog design — 1st draft of one of the designs

man sketching on wall for mural — My close friends doing some sketching on the wall on our 1st day

sketch book photo,art supplies and sketch book,color pencils,pastel crayons and sketch book — Late night designing

sketching on a wall,drawing on wall,mural sketching — Sketching on the wall, trying to transfer the small scale to large scale

sketchbook drawing,sketchbook designs — Sketchbook close up of designs

detail sketch for mural,frog and plants drawing — Close up of the details for one of the designs

artist sitting on latter drawing,man on latter drawing,sketching on wall while climbing latter — This project has involved a lot of latter work, good thing I love climbing things

latter over stairs — The Danger Zone! One of the walld require life threatening dedication

color samples,behr color samples — Some color samples

behr color samples,behr paint — The 1st round of colors

posing for a picture on latter — The Artist

artist posing for pictures — Me and my assistant working late into the night

artist masking the wall — Masking the art work

mural on wall,drawing of mural on wall — Close up of the 1st wall