tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306478712008-07-17T21:53:22.073+01:00Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11469496228854474452noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30647871.post-32796053140322718862008-07-16T21:44:00.000+01:002008-07-17T21:53:22.090+01:00

Really, day 16 has been made up of two half day sessions. When, usually I would be working at Bedfords Park. It was quite important that I get the sleep room murals completed quickly, as cots were re-located to make room while the mural work was taking place. Have very nearly completed this room now. Just the addition of text for the two rhymes and I'm on to the next room.

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Twinkle twinkle little star! Starting to take shape...

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Day 13 - Filled in the last bit of colour work and began to outline the characters etc. Kicking myself as I forgot to take a photo of the work before I went home. So this pic was taken about half way through day 14! Day 14 - Finished the art work, just need to add the rhyme text above the cat. Here's the result. Also started on the 2nd wall of the sleep room today, this one to

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Worked for around 5 hours today, filling in some more colour. It's all starting to come together quite nicely.

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Day 10 - Spent half of today coating the baby room murals with a protective glaze, so that it could be wiped clean if necessary. The rest of the day was spent drawing up some rough designs for the next phase of the project taking place in the sleep room. Some cots have been re-located for the time that I'll be working there. My work at Bedfords park has had to be put on hold, whilst painting

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Baby Room Birthday Chart Complete! Very happy with the finished result. Keep watching this space for progress on the sleep room murals. For more information about Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries please click here.

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Work continues at Bedfords Park, completion of this long job remains a little way off. The mural still requires the addition of 2 or 3 more varieties of wild meadow flower, plus the introduction of a silver birch tree, meadow wildlife and minibeasts. Visitors to the centre often comment on my patience to be able to work on the piece. My reply is that I keep in mind the image of the

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More or less completed. All that this baby room birthday chart wall requires now are some highlights in the eyes of each animal ( see cat on top row, third from left ), and the names of the months written on each carriage. The idea is that each child attending the nursery will have their photograph diplayed in the corresponding carriage of their birth month.

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Colours look great on this train birthday chart. Line work to follow.

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Started the Birthday Chart wall today, again roughly drawn out and then filled with 2 x coats of white primer in preperation for the colour work tomorrow.

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Day 5 in Monkey Puzzle's baby room and I'm more or less there! Just need to remove my initial guide lines... Here are some details.

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Went to the Elk Bar in Fulham this afternoon. One 'A' board required, advertising Wimbledon. The summer really is here! Probably rain for a fortnight now...

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Day four in the baby room and have finished the colour work. Started to outline the characters, bringing them to life!

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Colouring in! The overall scene is beginning to take shape. Each character still needed 2xcoats colour on a white base... Hopefully start outlining tomorrow, then it will really spring in to life!

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Day 2 in the Monkey Puzzle Baby Room and I've filled in 2xcoats of white base and started adding in the colour. Think the green grass may need a 2nd coat? The way it sits at the moment, has a textured feel which is nice... Next, to start colouring up the characters. Keep an eye...

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Watch this space for further developments! This is day 1, wall 1 of a terrific 10 wall project taking place in Chingford at Monkey Puzzle Nursery. Spent the majority of the day marking out, ready for a base white undercoat and very soon, Colour! Can you tell what it is yet?

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Of course, had England got through to Euro 2008. I may of had a lot more of this kind of work! Even so, have painted a few boards for the tournament this year.

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Here is some recent boardwork for Mary Janes.

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This plastered wall, soon to become Nevada, Grand Canyon and... LOONEY TUNES LAND!I had great fun putting this mural together. The background alone looked great before I started adding the cartoon characters. Has given me some ideas for canvas themes. This client, commissioned the artwork for his own office area...

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I'm currently painting another mural at the Essex Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre at Bedfords Park, this one is a cross section of a wildflower meadow, and it's along the curving corridor. As you can see, it's nice work - I get to lie down for the day! Come along and see the work progressing, details of the Centre at Bedfords Park are here. While you're there, say hello, and pick up one of my

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Was lucky enough to be able to work on these A Boards for Mint Groups newest bar in the Minneries area of Londons financial district. A very smart bar required very smart boards!

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Great fun! Really enjoyed 3 days essentially 'messing' around with some car spray paints. Decorating & advertising this local hand carwash in Romford. This was the second spray 'piece' I have ever attempted... Was pretty chuffed with the final result.

Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11469496228854474452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30647871.post-4704911203630999482007-09-23T18:29:00.000+01:002007-09-23T18:39:32.254+01:00

Louis Young age 6. He really suprised me the other night by sitting in the studio and making about 6 drawings one after the other... All of which I've scanned and plan to maybe use in a future project. Who knows, a little further down the line we could become a father/son team!

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Got a call from the Kilburn/Luminaire to refresh the 'A' Boards and incorporate the skull logo.

Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11469496228854474452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30647871.post-34838257529683732072007-08-23T19:30:00.000+01:002007-09-23T18:17:46.407+01:00

Herons in flight at the Chafford Gorges visitor centre. The idea is to have 2 herons, but make one appear to be further back in silhouette. I also wanted people to appreciate the sheer scale of these huge birds...

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