Ladies & gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to announce that I have just finished painting the mural this very evening - roaring crowd & blaring trumpets!
Saved the best for last...the bubble-blowing girl was one of the last major elements I painted. She's the corner stone of the whole mural, so she's kinda important in the grand scheme of things. Figured a week or two of painting on the wall and my hand would be warm enough to paint this image just right.
At the start of painting the girl, I heard one of the windows open up behind me and it was Charlie himself, at PFS on a Saturday afternoon. He let me know of a recent feedback that the kid who's being read to by the dad should have a chin line on his face.
Well, I kinda liked it without it...but the People have spoken!
So, when the girl was done, I climbed back up on the upper deck, brought up my clip light I brought from home, and managed to paint a chin on that lil' tyke.
While I could hear San Francisco gearing up for a Saturday night around me while I was on the scaffolding, the last thing I did was sign the mural. It took me awhile to figure this one out, folks. Do I do it artsy like? Email address? Website?
Quite often I think a signature often distracts from the main image.
So, I kept it simple and put my John Hancock (or, since I'm Filipino, how about Juan Tamad?)
on it 'coz I sure did have one helluva time painting it...and I'm damn proud of it, too!
It ain't over yet, folks!
Tomorrow I get to use Precita Eyes Mural Arts' version of a varnish which they call Sheercoat and which will protect the mural for as long as that wall is up there.
And then on Monday, I'm gonna sort out the top of the fence which is at the bottom of the wall, not in view of any of the shots on this blog 'coz, well, to be honest, it's not as fun as the rest of the other stuff, ya dig?
...and can you believe it, but the scaffolding is actually going away this coming week? Well, you folks will be the first ones to see the mural sans scaffolding on this here blog thing.
Stay tuned!
Bonus tracks...
In celebration of tonight's accomplishment, come join me in a celebratory dance:
3 comments:
It is simply amazing! Should be a big part of your portfolio...you had to go way above and beyond to make this happen.
Well done!!!
Chin line!
How about a dimple while you are at it!
Not only are you a wicked muralista, you are also the best Youtube curator for funky dance films of the past.
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