I spent most of this evening working on a mural painting project at Paintmaster, a body shop on Route 66 here in Tulsa. It’s not quite finished, but it’s getting closer. It’s been slow going, partly because I’ve been busy with other projects and haven’t had time to work on it as much as I’d like, and partly because I ran into some problems with the paint not wanting to cover the wall surface right.
Anyway, here are pictures of the work in progress:
1. Before I started:

2. Here are the oil company logos before I outlined them with black paint marker:

3. And after I outlined them. I’m always amazed at what a difference the outlines make. The images look cleaner and stand out more with the outlines.

4. Here’s another example of paint marker making a huge difference. Look at this sign in the first picture, and then look at it here. White paint markers are awesome for making images of neon signs look more realistic:

5. And here’s how it looked by the time I finished up tonight. Still lots of work to do, obviously — there will be a car on that road, the shield will say “Route 66,” and I’m going to add in the Paintmaster logo in the lower right-hand corner, among other things — but it’s looking much closer to being finished:

And here’s a project I did a while back, at the behest of my friend Jane, who was tired of looking at the worn, weathered condition of the old Shoe Tree sign in Stroud. When I asked the owners if I could paint a new sign for them, they asked me to do something a little fancier. This design was their suggestion:

I do a lot of stuff like this on the Mother Road, just for fun. Hopefully it helps the businesses a little bit.
Emily