This is a big painting on a long wall 40’-0” wide by 10’-0” high (400 sq ft) at 49 Degrees North Ski Resort in Chewelah WA. There are columns, a doorway along a storage cabinet to avoid. Some planning and adjustment to accommodate the obstacles are required. As explained in the previous post, I am following a basic chalk layout drawn on the wall. I will paint any electrical conduit encountered to try and achieve a synonymous feel across the image.
Obstacles
Obstacles are real. I sometimes have to modify curves after I step back and see they are not matching up. You actually lose sight enough by the column to think you have it right till you get down and step back. Take a look on the right side of the column where the chalk line is a little off. I guess if I stayed within the lines I’d have fewer of these types of adjustments to make but I do tend to get a little free arm swinging when painting large and I absolutely love it.
Progressing over the doorway and around the fire alarm, the mountains appear in the distance on the wall. Sometimes it seems hard to make the image stay continuous when divided by columns and other things but, I find that I simply ignore them. If I paint as if those items are not there, the image feels uninterrupted.
The next two sections of the wall have their backgrounds laid in going towards the last wall corner. You can see how the lines need to read across the columns. When I reach the cabinet in the corner the background stops at the side, continuing over only the top of it.
WALL “C” is 12’-0” wide by 10’-0” high (120 sq ft) which is the area where the cash register is manned. At the end of the day, the last wall’s background is laid in here but not yet complete.
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