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The woods in the background is still not quite right.

The woods in the...

Peacock is roughed in. I am very nervous about the tail and have no idea how I'm going to do it.

Peacock is rough...

Started playing with the colors.

Started playing ...

I have no idea at this point what kind of birds these will be.

I have no idea a...

More progress on the lilies.

More progress on...

Me hard at work.

Me hard at work.

For paint, I have a big collection of latex paint, both what I am using to redecorate the house and what my mom had left over from various projects. My plan is to use those colors as a base paint and then mix with the acrylic paint that I have. I have a ton of the cheap bottles of acrylic craft paint and some of expensive (comparatively) artist acrylic paint. The artist paint has much more intense pigments so I plan on doing base colors with the house paint, then add in more color with the craft paint and finally highlight with the artist paint. I think the majority of the color will be sky and water so if I use the house paint, tinted with some of the craft paint, I think I can cover 75% of the mural with the cheapest paint. For the color blocking I've been using the craft paint because I need very little. I watered down the paint to about 50% and so far a little has gone a long, long way. Also the craft paint is already mixed and is just easier to quickly get some out and slap some color on the wall

For paint, I hav...

Knock, knock!

Knock, knock!

damn bridge = my bane.

damn bridge = my...

Dogwood tree.

Dogwood tree.

I had to repaint the background of these trees several times to get the correct sense of depth.

I had to repaint...

Reworking the cliff and water.

Reworking the cl...

It's a ship! and the dragon has gotten some basic color. I don't know what the dragon will look like yet.

It's a ship! and...

A close up of vines, leaves and flowers. painting these took forever and were very tedious. many, many layers of color until I was satisfied with the result.

A close up of vi...

I'm really happy with how the peacock turned out. I was really worried about not knowing how to do it (that's what took me so long to start). But I think it turned out pretty cool. It doesn't show up in the photos but I used some iridescent paint, a gold and purple, in the tail feathers. So there is a slight shimmer to the feathers at different angles. (Need to remember to finish the leg!)

I'm really happy...

Quetzals are what I chose for the birds. They are roughed in and will get details later when I am less frustrated with them.

Quetzals are wha...

Detail of the flowers and leaves.

Detail of the fl...

Humus bowls are the perfect size of container to store my mixed paint. I also use the plastic lids from large peanut butter containers as palettes for specific colors. And they fit perfectly in the hummus containers to stay wet.

Humus bowls are ...

I'm done with that shrub.

I'm done with th...

To keep all the panels connected I wanted to bring something of the peacock over (besides the colors) so I created this stained glass window in the castle.

To keep all the ...

Castle done!

Castle done!

Frog! A total Bob Ross moment... I whipped this little guy out in just minutes.

Frog! A total Bo...

Another frog!

Another frog!

Hello there.

Hello there.

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