A "call to artists" post made me aware that a mural opportunity at the Atlas Street Garden
was available. I've not yet had too many opportunities to work outside
so I was very excited to see what an outdoor mural would entail. I did
some research on my painting materials, and noting this was outside in a
spot, I choose to go with a water based enamel over an oil. This would
both simplify my clean up and shorten my dry time. It was my lucky day
at Sherwin Williams as they were having a fantastic sale on the paints I
had planned to get on the day I was there. Since this mural was to be
Per Gratis for the Atlas Street Garden and the community, I was grateful
for the unplanned discount. I went for a simplified color scheme to
both emphasize the illustration quality of the work as well as to keep
my investment costs reasonable. Even if I typically enjoy working with a
full color palette, I felt this was a great situation to play with the
idea of "less is more".
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