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May 11, 2009
And Now for the Fun Stuff
Now that the lines have been transferred and the portraits are painted in, Robbi gets to enjoy the most gratifying part of this process, which is painting in the linework. The simple black line is everything, adding dimension and definition to the paint-by-number patches of solid color that provide the background and shading for each portrait.
For example, here is Leo Tolstoy, recently emerged from blobby color blocks into the sharp, odd-looking man that he is.
And here is the newly-detailed Francis Bacon. Notice the linework template taped next to him for reference.
And Allen Ginsberg. What a beard.
And Poe, poor tortured man.
In our mural, he gets to go to a Ravens game with Ernest Hemingway.
Here is the artist at work. Painting on the ceiling is plain awful.
Caroline has continued to be a huge help.
And here is the mural as it is tonight, waiting in the darkness of the sleeping Lit House for the new day and Robbi's return.
Posted by bogenamp at May 11, 2009 12:59 AM