Woohoo! I think I've done enough grape leaves for now and I'm ready to move on.
I even worked on the giant leaves behind the figures, but I started to run out of the "highlight" mixture. So, I may still go back to it...but probably on my last pass through of "final touches."
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Darn flash glare! Notice that I added a couple of leaves to
overlap the grapes. |
For now, I think I'll move on to the rest of the panel - giant grape touch up, the female figure's dress, the tabletop (remember, there's supposed to be a bottle of wine there), and I need to fill their glasses. Then, on to the architecture around the chef, floor touch-up, a few more veggies and the splash. It may seem like just a little bit left, but there's still a lot to do in the first couple panels - there are supposed to be trees, details on the pumpkins (more leaves, and stems), and crops growing on the rows under the wave - things like that. But, after that, it's all touch up detailing. There's light at the end of the tunnel.
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| Still toasting with empty glasses - hmmmm, white or red? |
After a wonderful Easter Vacation where I was able to spend big chunks of the day working on the mural, an unexpectedly extended trip out of town and the start of schoolwork again makes it feel like I've been away from the mural for a long time. We found out as we drove into Lancaster (after 4 hours in the Friday downpour) that all the State Cup games had been moved from Saturday to Sunday - soooooo, since we were already there, we ended up staying longer than planned.
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Not quite there...but closer. Photos can help you see
flaws that you didn't notice when you were working on it |
Today, I had a full day of CoOp, art classes, mom-taxi, and dinner-making, but I was determined to get out to the garage and at least make some adjustments. In my last post, I explained how the scale of the toasting figures was a bit on the wimpy side. So, this evening I figured I'd start reworking the proportions. Not only did the figures have to change, but so did the barrel. To understand the changes made, if you look at the male figure, the top point of the hair of the original guy fell just below the jawline of the current guy. In other words, he gained a whole head in height.
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| Cheers - his chin's a bit skinny, but I'll fix that... |
It's very "cartoon-ish", but I'm just trying to get the shapes the way I want them. It's not quite there, but it's closer than it was. And, having to draw this out REALLY made me appreciate the projector I had at the beginning. I was constantly stepping back to see how it actually looked and it made me wonder how Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling - it's not like he could easily take a step back every few minutes to see if the proportions were right.
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