So, How Do You Fit a 20 Foot Mural in a 1-Car Garage...

...very carefully (and you park the car on the driveway)!

The panels are really heavy, so I won't be able to move them around without help.  I've disabled the garage door opener and lined most of them up along the garage door.  The 2 end panels are angled or turned along the side walls.  Not the ideal, but I'll make it work.

Almost ready for the fun stuff!

Ready to transfer the design, but until then, it will serve double-duty as a stage (show's over for her once the paints come out)!

The Harvest Mural Begins

Lots of wonderful things have been happening lately on my travels toward an illustration/art career: my art classes have been going well, I now have some prints available for sale on Etsy and soon-to-be at Town Center Gallery, and I was selected to do an 8' x 20' mural by the Town Center Gallery.  It will eventually go somewhere in Santa Maria, but the location is still be determined.  My plan is to keep everyone updated on the progress...

Celebrate the Harvest - Santa Maria Valley (proposed mural)

Bathing Beauty is one of my prints now
available

The five 4'x8' MDO panels were delivered a week ago (they look a lot bigger in my garage than I imagined).  I spent the past few days using a latex wood filler to fill gaps in the layered edges, and then today, 4 delightful helpers from Town Center Gallery came by to help me with the primer.  Thanks to Hattie Stoddard, Beverly Johnson, and Tom and Rella Heslop - it would have taken me a long time to get it done.  Also, thanks to Home Depot here in Santa Maria for donating the primer and rollers!

Daughter Ariel organizes paints for me