This project has really been going on since last summer, so when it was finally time to actually paint, it was a huge milestone. These are pictures from Day 1 Painting. (I am further ahead on the painting than what is shown here, but am hoping my posting will catch up to my painting!)
This is how a painting starts...laying down big fields of paint. This is the VERY BEST part of the painting process for me. Pure pigment is just stunning when it hits a white canvas and there is such a feeling of creative hopefulness and excitement in a new beginning. Happiness. :)
Early in the day:
Later in the afternoon:
(I climbed up on a ladder to get this shot.) Remember this baby is 15 feet long...it takes a lot of muscle and a boat load of paint to just start the underpainting! (So glad that I work out with Jillian Michaels...she keeps me fierce enough to haul these 50 lb. canvases around. Ha Ha.)
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