Here are the photos of the finished mural! A big thanks to Becca for letting me do this. She, Matt and Riley seem very pleased with it, as am I. Actually, it’s turned out a bit different than I had planned. I was initially going to keep the colour quite flat like a gouache style kids book, but once I accidentally started putting a little bit of lighting and shade into it, I sort of ran with it and I’m really pleased with the depth it created in the picture. My only concern was that it might be a bit derivative, (a certain monkey might be a bit Jungle Book, and a certain tree might look a bit like Up) but hey! He’s only two, I’m hoping he won’t notice!
Amazing mural Kate! Has such a warm & cosy feel to it. Your sense of colour is great + I love the stripy tree. I'm hoping to get off the computer & back into doing some traditional painting sometime soon; what paints do you use?
ReplyDeleteThanks Max! I just used emulsions for the mural. Some from Dulux, some Johnstones and a couple that I use for scenic painting which have more pigment in them. Mostly they are from Mylands, and you can get them from Bristol paints or Rosco, but they are really expensive!
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