A quick process of painting murals at my local beach some time ago.
The first pump station! Not a bad view, too! The canvas has been sanded back and prepped with primer and a light tint of blue. Tinting the primer can be useful in avoiding multiple re-coats of paint if you tint your primer with your background colour.
Making progress here. You can see I've added some grids to the canvas. Overall it probably took longer doing it this way but there was more accuracy in replicating my original concept. The concept had already been approved by the council and local residents, I use it as my reference throughout the project.
Finished! This project was all about appreciation of our local area, its inhabitants, the history and fauna. I've used a bird (brown footed booby) as the main star in this piece, a possum and what looks to be an unmanned aircraft which is intended to be Bert Hinkler in his early days of aviation.
Pump station #2
I had made the mistake of using regular masking tape. If you're going to use tape for your project, especially in the sun, be sure to buy the painters blue/bear tape as it is designed to last long periods of time without deteriorating and permanently sticking to your surface.
The back of the pump station.
Finished! I decided to run with the White Bellied Sea eagle gliding above a golf course. Not seen in the picture is a golf course in the background and the beach 20 meters away.
The final mural I worked on. There were 9 in total and two other artists each working on 3 pump stations each. Looking forward to posting some new work soon, I've got several projects on the fly that I need to get finished.
Thanks for looking!