The Process

Here is the progression of our mural. Photos of the finished hanging piece will be up shortly. After creating the initial design, we went through a few changes in background and perspective. Our first background attempts were very busy and muddled. We changed to something a bit more uniform to give emphasis to the buildings. We then altered the perspective from a flat one point, to three point. This gives the buildings more presence, and also goes more with the wacky theme of starfish taking over Philadelphia. The buildings we included were, One Liberty Place, Independence Hall, the Ben Franklin Bridge and National Mechanics. We also made sure Philly's iconic cobblestone were part of the painting. We made transparencies of the drawing, and then projected and traced them on to the panels. We used latex interior house paint to fill in the mural.

sources!

Here are some of the images Jess and I have been working from:

Mosaic Murals

I found this article about a mosaic mural in Philly that just keeps growing (and no, it's not the famous one by that crazy guy on South Street). It's in North Philly and the community keeps adding to it. Check out the pictures, they're cool.

http://www.citynoise.org/article/7748

more murals in austin

I went around by the University of Texas, and it was a pretty hip art scene. The frog mural ("Jeremiah") is apparently very famous, done by a local musician. I found a few articles about it, this one I thought was the most interesting http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/danieljohnston/articles/story/5935521/johnston_frog_mural_saved

The rest are just some pictures from around the city.

Austin

I'm in Austin for South by Southwest (it rules). Saw this mural downtown. It's not particularly great, but I like the cow.

Timeline

With Jess being in Africa, these next two weeks will be coming up with final sketches, we are both doing are own and will have a design finished the week she gets back (The first week in March), with that in mind, here is our proposed timeline:

-Get supplies and assemble frame by March 8th
-Have surface prepared and ready for painting by March 15th
-Painting the mural March 15th - to be completed by April 14th
-Installation of finished Mural Week of April 14th


Pretty straight forward.

Trip to Home Depot!

Before Jess goes gallivanting off to Africa, we took a trip to research supplies, so we could submit a budget to Indy Hall. We decided on the dimensions of the mural being 5' x 12', with that in mind our supply list runs about $209. This included the hardboard and wood framing, six gallons of paint plus primer, and supplies to make the wall mounts. We rounded up to $250 for extra supplies (rollers, paint brushes, etc.) We're making steps to be well on our way.