Wall Painting almost finished

There is a bit more to do on this, but for the most part it is finished. Rain prevented me finishing this earlier, but I hope to do the last bit on Monday.

A new challenge

Well, a new challenge popped up at the end of March. It was suggested that I paint a wall - a forty foot by eight foot wall. I accepted and since April 10th, I have been working most weekdays to get it done. The challenge was bigger than I expected. First I had to clean off all the moss and then fill all the cracks. Then the wall took two coats of primer before I could start painting. I lay down the underpainting first just to cover the wall with colour, and then I started putting in the horses. It was pretty daunting at first. As always, it is the getting started which hurts the most. What I am trying to capture is the life of the horse in liberty. The horses depicted all work in a riding stables. They have a pretty hard life at weekends, but they are well cared for and get time off in the pasture. Then they can relax, play, eat or do whatever comes naturally to them. That is what I am trying to show, and I have paid attention to their characters so that they seem natural doing what they are doing.

It is a long way from finished, but I think you get the idea now. I'm beginning to put some of the details in now. This is from the left hand corner.