God, are we ready for the weekend.
This has been a really long week. I think that I'd forgotten was real work was like. Oh sure, I work for a living, but painting murals is, for the most part, really relaxing. This is like...WORK! It is truly gruelling. Satisfying, but gruelling. I have to admit, it was oddly triumphant when we realized that we finished the first big wall. And looking at the progress, as good as it is, we are definitely going to be here for two more weeks. Yippee.
Finishing the first wall was incredibly frustrating. Using the 45' lifts, it still took us two full days. We thought that we were blending the lower part quite well into the top portion. Once we were about 4/5 of the way finished, I came up with this unique thought: let's get down on the ground and see what it looks like from the street. OK, so we should have done this 3 hours ago. It looked like crap. Now, what we painted looked great, but it didn't "blend" into the bottom portion. You faux finishers out there know exactly what I'm talking about. Lap lines. Just on a really large scale. So we had to go back and "blend". Actually had Kim on the sidewalk across the street with a walkie-talkie to tell us what colors to use and where they should go, also how high. Cushy job, but a lot of responsibility. It actually worked! So, after two days, about a day and a half longer than I had planned, we called it a wall. On to the next. Which should be tons of fun, because they are supposed to switch the traffic lanes at the first of the week when they start building the medians, so we really are going to be "dancing" with the traffic.
I think everyone is truly thankful for the two days off. Some have gone shopping, I think most everyone slept in, but others went out to look for those elusive morell mushrooms. Sorry. Can't see the appeal. I mean, really. It's a mushroom. And it tastes like...well...a mushroom. I think the next time I go looking for morell mushrooms it will be in the produce aisle at Publix.
Went out to the local liquor store last night to pick up some...medicine, yeah that's it. Anyway, asked the woman behind the counter if she had seen the walls we were working on. "Oh yes", she said. "They look great. Now tell me, are you putting on the white or the camouflage?" Ahem. The camoufflage. "Good, 'cause I really like that. And the stone walls look great, too. Now, are those walls flat?" I think there's a compliment in there someplace.
Happy Easter weekend to all.
Mike
Getting ready to go out. Still have to fool with the incredibly thick paint from Eco House. They promised they fixed the problem. Just not for us.
And you think that you pack a lot for your faux projects. Take a look at this: one day's worth. This trailer is certainly paying for itself many times over.
Caution: Artists at Work. Believe it or not, they worked out a really good system, some rolling on the base, while others blended. Pretty cool to see.
This is as far as the rollers can reach. Keep in mind, they are using 16' extension poles, so the paint lines are about 20' up the wall. And the length of the wall? Beats the hell outta me. How 'bout: really long. This much took two days.
Our first large wall. Completed. Enough. On to the next one. After a really tough learning curve.
This has been a really long week. I think that I'd forgotten was real work was like. Oh sure, I work for a living, but painting murals is, for the most part, really relaxing. This is like...WORK! It is truly gruelling. Satisfying, but gruelling. I have to admit, it was oddly triumphant when we realized that we finished the first big wall. And looking at the progress, as good as it is, we are definitely going to be here for two more weeks. Yippee.
Finishing the first wall was incredibly frustrating. Using the 45' lifts, it still took us two full days. We thought that we were blending the lower part quite well into the top portion. Once we were about 4/5 of the way finished, I came up with this unique thought: let's get down on the ground and see what it looks like from the street. OK, so we should have done this 3 hours ago. It looked like crap. Now, what we painted looked great, but it didn't "blend" into the bottom portion. You faux finishers out there know exactly what I'm talking about. Lap lines. Just on a really large scale. So we had to go back and "blend". Actually had Kim on the sidewalk across the street with a walkie-talkie to tell us what colors to use and where they should go, also how high. Cushy job, but a lot of responsibility. It actually worked! So, after two days, about a day and a half longer than I had planned, we called it a wall. On to the next. Which should be tons of fun, because they are supposed to switch the traffic lanes at the first of the week when they start building the medians, so we really are going to be "dancing" with the traffic.
I think everyone is truly thankful for the two days off. Some have gone shopping, I think most everyone slept in, but others went out to look for those elusive morell mushrooms. Sorry. Can't see the appeal. I mean, really. It's a mushroom. And it tastes like...well...a mushroom. I think the next time I go looking for morell mushrooms it will be in the produce aisle at Publix.
Went out to the local liquor store last night to pick up some...medicine, yeah that's it. Anyway, asked the woman behind the counter if she had seen the walls we were working on. "Oh yes", she said. "They look great. Now tell me, are you putting on the white or the camouflage?" Ahem. The camoufflage. "Good, 'cause I really like that. And the stone walls look great, too. Now, are those walls flat?" I think there's a compliment in there someplace.
Happy Easter weekend to all.
Mike
Getting ready to go out. Still have to fool with the incredibly thick paint from Eco House. They promised they fixed the problem. Just not for us.
And you think that you pack a lot for your faux projects. Take a look at this: one day's worth. This trailer is certainly paying for itself many times over.
Caution: Artists at Work. Believe it or not, they worked out a really good system, some rolling on the base, while others blended. Pretty cool to see.
This is as far as the rollers can reach. Keep in mind, they are using 16' extension poles, so the paint lines are about 20' up the wall. And the length of the wall? Beats the hell outta me. How 'bout: really long. This much took two days.
Our first large wall. Completed. Enough. On to the next one. After a really tough learning curve.
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