Why I haven't been painting any PYOs lately

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July 31, 2011 at 5:24 pm #503577
dragonmedley
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Some of you may have lost sleep (yeah, right) over the fact that the last PYO I painted was for the last swap.

I thought I’d share why, since this project is starting to look like something. We have a huge blank wall going into our basement and I have the bright idea to paint a mural (le chateau de Champignac from Spirou and Fantasio, for those of you who are into French comic books). I scanned the pages and blew up the whole thing using my little projector – but I never thought to take pics of the contraption I had to use for this: step ladder, phone books, 2x4s, you name it!

Once that was done, I started to do the clean up in pencil.

This is when I was finished tracing the projection. You can barely see it, but it gives you an idea of the space.

Then I started on the details:

I took a bunch of pics for progress, but I’ll spare you and skip to the next step, painting! This is where I’m at now:

So, I’m supposed to be painting an Antilope Canyon wolf and a heart wood (I think) phoenix, but of course, I’m not!

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July 31, 2011 at 5:59 pm #852506
Stephanie
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WOW! That looks incredible!!
July 31, 2011 at 6:19 pm #852508
Adaneth
What a project! Looks fun and challenging. 🙂
July 31, 2011 at 6:41 pm #852511
Jessie
that is amazing! i cant wait to see more progress. its got to be really time consuming though!
July 31, 2011 at 9:39 pm #852521
bayoudragon
Oh my gosh! So cool! I will be eagerly awaiting new pics. 🙂

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August 1, 2011 at 12:11 am #852535
kitsunelady
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That’s awesome! I can’t wait to see the finished project. =)
August 1, 2011 at 4:18 am #852558
Kelly
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Nice! I can’t wait to see finished pics. 🙂
August 1, 2011 at 11:18 am #852568
Bodine
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Hey that’s cool! I have done a mural on a friend’s wall and it is quite an undertaking.I have a pic somewhere,I will find it and get it posted one of these days.I didn’t do it the same way though.I started out just staring at the wall off and on for about a week and one day,the pic was there.All I had to do was paint it.Came out pretty good too.Murals,to me,are easy just a lot of work but worth it.A lot of space to deal with.I am not familiar with the comic but from what you have shown us,it will be a fantastic mural.Have you seen the commercial where the wife paints over Posiedon.That was a shame.LOL Keep up the good work and can’t wait to see it.
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August 1, 2011 at 7:53 pm #852597
PurpleTurtle
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Wow! Way cool and congrats :)! Can’t wait to see the mural completed.
August 1, 2011 at 11:54 pm #852625
dragonmedley
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its got to be really time consuming though!

It is, and after an hour, I usually have to stop.

Also, I’ve discovered that latex paint does not dry as quickly as acrylics… So I do a little bit there, move to another spot far enough so I can’t lean my hand on a wet spot. That’s why so much is partly done all over, instead of having one area complete and lots of blank spots.

Thanks everyone! I’ll be posting once it’s done – in like, 6 months???

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