This one tells the story of how the indian trails across our nation turned into paths and then into roads . . . and how sharing of the road often saw livestock blocking a vehicle's progress. The original photo didn't have a car in it so I superimposed one over the original photo in PhotoShop.
35 hours to paint the pictorial - including cleaning of the brushes. I thought that was pretty swift . . . but most take 65-85 hours - so I'll just be thankful trees paint quickly!! This was a warmer color palette than I've used previously - and matches one Bill Hueg used on the Crest Hill, IL mural.
As always, mural panel engineering and border work by the stellar Joe Marshall . . . my design and paint.
Step-by-step link here:
http://s442.photobucket.com/albums/qq14 ... =slideshow
As an aside, the project was just awarded second place in the Signs of the Times 2012 International Sign Design Contest. It was entered as separate projects as per their suggestion - but the judges saw that they were all a part of one project and awarded it as such . . . I agree with that. It is a 'project'. That's the second award for the project and I couldn't be more tickled about that . . . But hey, the world ends in December according to those wacky Mayans, so who the . cares?
Denver Chapter of the Letterheads