Free Sky Studios- Mural Blog

Hola! So, after a couple consultation meetings we finally got the green light to start on the Mexican Hacienda mural for this client. This mural is 15′ x 5′ and is on the main wall in their kitchen. The client travels to Mexico as often as they can and wanted this Mexican inspired mural as a centerpiece on their home.

Day 2 Mural Painting Closeup (click on pic for a full view)

Day 1:
After taking a series of photographs and sketching the artwork and adding components to fit within the dimensions of their wall, I spent Day 1 just laying out the wall and sketching the artwork on the wall ‘bluelining’. Architectural murals are great but getting perspective accurate on such a large scale requires a lot of time to get it correct but it looks great. I left the mural in this state and consulted with the client again before leaving for the day so they could look it over that night and give me any notes before i started painting.

Day 2:
Only had a few hours to paint but did get the sky completed, background trees and the base color for one of the main trees.

Day 3:
Thunderstorms today. Great day to paint…indoors. Spent about 4 hours working on the painting. Finished up the main tree, and annex with potted plants, steps, and shadows on the wall of the hacienda. It is coming along great.

Day 4 mural painting progress (click on pic for a full view)

Day 4:
Painted about 4 more hours, got the other tree, the patio around the tree, and all of the shading done on the cabana. The client requested a change in the tone of the shading so I spent some time making it more brown and less purple. Good edit. It looks great!

Day 5:
Bearing down…the end is in site. Really knocked out a lot of content on the left side of the mural which started to really give the painting some balance. Will be finishing up soon…

Day 6:
Finished up the bird cage. Poor birds…they were free and now they are caged. Worked on the rest of the ground work, stairs, blocking in color. Discussed final coloring and details with the client. Looking good!

Mike has just finished up a very nice mural in the alley on the north side of the Trout Lily Cafe in downtwon Springfield, Illinois. The drab alleywall is a popular walkway with a lot of the downtown workers and we recieved many positive comments from people walking by. The historic building really needed a little pizazz and life. The mural definitely did just that.

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