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May 28, 2007
More than Blue and Brown
First off, apologies for not posting yesterday. When we did the last mural at H&F Fine Arts, my participation was limited to large, uncomplicated areas that could not be harmed by my lack of skill and finesse. This left me hours with nothing better to do than photograph Robbi at work and then post those photos on the blog. This time, perhaps due to Robbi's incredibly nasty case of poison ivy and the resulting pain, fatigue, and discomfort, she has been more willing to tolerate my participation. In fact, I spent the entire day yesterday with a paintbrush in my hands
This means two things: 1) there has been less time to post on our progress and 2) I have now painted in purple, grey, dark grey, purple grey, dark purple grey, darker blue, and green.
With both of us going full bore, we were able to make a lot of progress yesterday.
As follows:
Fiery revolution.
A little painting...
...leads to fleshed-out fiery revolution.
A trip across the sea yields...
...colonial carnage.
Army of little digging automatons.
As the sun set, Robbi finished the column of colorful cars.
As shown:
Just after lunch, Iggy, seeking revenge on Dennis, decided to colonize his bed.
My dog is ridiculous. She spends her life in pursuit of the smallest bed possible.
Today is Memorial Day and Bookplate is closed, but we are heading there now, convinced that we can finish the mural today. We are reminded of the H&F mural. Waking Monday morning at 8:00 after four hours asleep on the storage room floor, I was convinced that we would be done by 11:00 that morning. Robbi guessed that we'd be finished by 1:00 that afternoon. We finished 18 hours later.
It's difficult to estimate sometimes.
I'll try to be better about updates today. As soon as Robbi starts doing her line work, things get a lot more gratifying.
Posted by bogenamp at May 28, 2007 11:05 AM