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Tree trunks with scanty leaves. An incomplete painting of a fantasy forest.
Mural

Progress on the mural

5 April 202224 December 2022 joannemerriam

Quite a lot of the leaves shown here are actually painter’s tape to block out a leaf shape for later painting.

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Painting of tree trunks without much else, some branches and leaves.
Mural

Progress on the mural

5 March 202224 December 2022 joannemerriam

Today before and after adding some branches. I may add one more tree trunk on the right – I think it might be a bit

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Stick figure-esque trees in a very incomplete painted sketch of a forest.
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Looks a bit of a mess right now

27 February 202224 December 2022 joannemerriam

Next steps: add more background branches from the stencil – my handdrawn branches don’t look quite right – then a more foreground-y layer of pink

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Mural do-over

20 February 202224 December 2022 joannemerriam

I made a mistake right at the outset of placing all my foreground trees and then trying to paint background trees around them and it’s

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Very incomplete mural of trees.
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Background trees

17 February 202224 December 2022 joannemerriam

Progress on the background trees for the mural.

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Thin tall pink rectangles against a blue and green background with a moon and some leaves.
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I can see it in my head I swear

12 February 202224 December 2022 joannemerriam

The pink rectangles are going to be trees eventually.

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Pencil drawing of birch trees.
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Testing watercolor pencils

27 January 202224 December 2022 joannemerriam

Testing the watercolor pencils with my paint for the mural. You can see the regular pencil through it (see purple wash). The watercolor pencil dissolves

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But why though

10 January 202224 December 2022 joannemerriam

I decided to set up an instagram for my mural so I’d have a place to document it, and Instagram declined to post my first

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A mural in the new house

30 December 202124 December 2022 joannemerriam

CW for my family who is sick of hearing about this: mural Once the new house has been painted (probably at least a week from

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