The Mural Continues part 8

I put in a few more hours on the mural today after work. Since my last shift the houses in the deep background in the center and right parts of the painting were finished in detail, probably more than needed, attributed by one of our consultants as the result of "easel painters doing a mural." We're happy anyway. The other significant difference is that Pat has been making changes to the tower on the Main Street drawbridge, raising the roof higher. She was working on it for a while tonight as well. Click on the top photo to see all these details.

Tonight I contined to work the area around the base of the raised railroad bascule bridge. I took what was mostly the solid pink color of the road at the far end of the bridge and put in the shaded concrete supports, using some straight Grand Grape, and some combined with one of our water mixes (South Port blue and Cottage White). I also put in some detail with the wood around the base of the bridge, using some of the blue mixes and some other Siperstein's colors- Chamois Shirt and Soul of the Earth. (second photo shows all this) It's an improvement, but all areas need a little more work, mostly in straightening some lines and adjusting the spacing to improve the perspective. I'm always advising my students to step back from their drawings and get a better view of how it's all working, but that's hard to do when you're up on the scaffold. It's a long way to ground, whether you climb down the levels or fall off. It's much easier to see the flaws from the ground, and next time I'll fix them.