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Now we're up in Winnetka.
Well, OK, we just finished up in Winnetka.
This family's basement playroom needed something more. They have a beach that they regularly visit, and they love the sails of a regatta. They found us on a website, not ours, at first, but Deb bought a chair from them from Craigslist. So you never know where the next job will come from, word of mouth, just talking.
So after some exchanges of iPhone pictures & throwing ideas around we have the basic plan of a couple of trees, some bright-day-at-the-beach sky, and the kids playing on the beach with a regatta up close so that you can see the good bold colors of the sails.
We wanted to add the dune grass & color a little behind the shelving ... even though it all goes back there & probably will stay there for a long time. As with the next job, you just never know. And if some day there is a change-around of layout then you want there to be something behind those shelves, not just plain walls saying "oh, we didn't paint that bit".
Adding a few islands gives another sense of distance, another 'plane' of perspective to give the mural depth.
And, with a big wall of mirrors, you get twice the mural!
Here's Deb touching up the fairy hidden up in the tree
And the kids helping paint
No, that's not paint coming out of his mouth. I think.
Some seagulls, a butterfly, and the kids playing on the beach complete our scene.
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