In the Great Texas Freeze of February 2021 water damage destroyed the lower half of an artist’s lovely jungle murals. The task was to restore the damaged areas. The “before” photos were of limited help. They also revealed color inconsistencies in the repair work which required a lot of improvisation. The hardest part was trying […]
This is a computer line drawing from a photo taken of my son helping me do the “Frog Mural” for my first grandkid. I did the lines, my wife, my son and my daughter-in-law helped with the fill. Computer illustration
Nine years ago I painted a mural for a brand new baby boy. The theme was “Traveling Frogs,” or “Frogs Around The World,” or something like that. I painted the continents of the earth around the room on all the walls and placed frogs in various places doing relevant things in stereotypical attire. Well, that baby […]
Here is a composite of the various fairy scenes: 1 – packing for a trip 2 – playing music (note the fairy playing the lute like a rock guitar) 3 – sewing; threading a needle 4 – fishing 5 – riding a three-seater bike 6 – primping; brushing hair and doing fingernails 7 – doing math on an abacus 8 – floating in a balloon 9 – reading 10 – napping in a […]
I’m in the planning stages of painting a mural in a baby’s room. The parents are expecting a girl and want the theme of the mural to be fairies. I’ve already made several drawings that we’ll use on the wall. For this drawing I thought I’d share some of the process with you. In the […]