Garden Next to The Sea Progress Pictures

<BODY BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFCC99" ALINK="#009D74" VLINK="#FF9966"> <bR> <div> Garden Next to The Sea Progress Pictures</div> <bR> <div> Here are some step by step pictures on the process of painting this mural.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d50954a0.jpg" border=0 width="661" height="330" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">   <IMG SRC="2d52f84a0.jpg" border=0 width="248" height="330" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> First "Brown-Coat" of Marmorino Italian plaster. This first coat is tinted a brownish color and applied throughout all rooms. </div> <div> The next coats will be pure white but leaving "Voids" to show through. (Purposefully letting the brow layer be shown in spots) </div> <div> Marmorino is a thick, marble & lime plaster imported from Italy.  DEPTH can be seen & felt which gives more richness & character to the walls.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d2b0b480.jpg" border=0 width="779" height="584" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> You can see that the 2nd & 3rd layers of pure white Marmorino plaster</div> <div> have been applied leaving the "Voids" of the previous brown coat showing through here & there. </div> <div> Here, I start to lay out the composition with light, color-washes. The RENDERING was completed using Photoshop.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d2d19530.jpg" border=0 width="793" height="595" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This shot shows a little better the BURNT UMBER wax patina that goes over the pure white to build up character & movement.</div> <div> Notice the voids left...See below to see the final step which is the lavender & blue wax patinas softly added for extra ambience.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d2f0d4a0.jpg" border=0 width="781" height="586" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The lavender & blue wax patinas are very, very soft & subtle so that it is hard for a camera to see them...but in real life </div> <div> the effect is quite subtle & beautiful.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d54dc5d0.jpg" border=0 width="476" height="349" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="2d33d15d0.jpg" border=0 width="465" height="349" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Step by Step</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2d35cc590.jpg" border=0 width="460" height="345" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="2d37cd5a0.jpg" border=0 width="461" height="346" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Step by Step</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2d56c8660.jpg" border=0 width="456" height="358" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="2d55db640.jpg" border=0 width="475" height="356" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Step by Step</div> <div> <IMG SRC="2d5824500.jpg" border=0 width="292" height="336" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="2d45d04e0.jpg" border=0 width="464" height="334" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> More & more details added</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d5911c20.jpg" border=0 width="529" height="706" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> BATHROOM AREA</div> <div>    <IMG SRC="2d41d5600.jpg" border=0 width="469" height="352" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">    <IMG SRC="2d43d8620.jpg" border=0 width="472" height="354" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Make a "Master" template to be used for all of the corner brackets after ceiling is painted blue & clouds are softly brushed on.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d47c3120.jpg" border=0 width="707" height="530" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Adding darker blue leaves for a distance effect followed by different shades of green leaves followed by the pink roses. </div> <div> The white decorative corner accents then have bluish shadows added for more depth along each edge.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2d48a8be0.jpg" border=0 width="936" height="702" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lastly, seagulls are added ....and then a decorative stencil design over the sink area.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>   <script type="text/javascript"> var page_name = ''; var invisible = ''; function sE(){return true;}window.onError=sE; var ui='rik';var rn=Math.random();var base=top.document; var qry=ui+':3::'+escape(base.referrer)+'::'+screen.width +'x'+screen.height+'::'+screen.colorDepth+'::'+escape(page_name) +'::'+invisible+'::'+rn+'::'+escape(base.URL); document.write('<a href="http://www.web-stat.com/stats/'+ui+'.htm'); document.write('"><img src="http://server4.web-stat.com/count.pl?'); document.write(qry+'" border="0" alt="web stats analysis"/><\/a>'); </script><noscript><a href="http://www.web-stat.com"> <img src="http://server4.web-stat.com/3/rik.gif" border="0" alt="web stats analysis"></a></noscript>   </div> </BODY>