Via Colori 2007
November 17, 2007. Houston, Texas. This is my first sidewalk art project and I had a blast at the Houston Via Colori. I enjoyed it and got the image laid out. The day started with overcast skies. Nonetheless, I jumped right in to get ahead as fast as possible. Towards the middle of the day we got some sprinkles and then some light showers, mostly drizzle but we kept on going. We were all prepared for the weather so when the showers got a little denser we covered the work to protect it. Just sitting around under the live oaks, the break gave us an opportunity to chat among artist and art lovers. We also checked out the festival booths and enjoyed the live music. After a few mint capuchinos and a sausage-on-a-stick I returned to my 6 foot X 6 foot square and jumped back in to finish on the same day and meet my personal goal to finish on Saturday. Tomorrow I'll do finishing touches and visit the other artists. If the tarp holds securely and it doesn't rain tonight, I will avoid damage to the painting. If not, I will be doing damage repair. So far, it is dry tonight.
UPDATE: It has been raining continuously in various volumes after signing off last night so this is the only way you'll see "Marsh Tunes". It's now 9am and the birds are chirping in their nests but I'm thinking its all now a river of color down Lamar at Sam Houston Park.
I'm beginning to block the outline on the KUHF Houston Public Radio
square. They requested something "classical". See the upside
down white "T" in the middle? It's thermal plastic to delineate
parking space. I chose to paint upside down to camouflage it in the water. |
More sky, marsh and bass colors. Started on the great blue heron. The
"T" shows up more than it does in reality because it has
reflective paint and it sparkles with the flash. |
More color on the bass and started on the spoon bill and it's
reflection. The street color lends itself to the actual colors of the
great blue heron but the high texture of the road requires coverage. |
Detailing on the bass, grass, and great blue heron. Added the musical notes.
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Is this a duplicate photo? I think I didn't trust my pulse after the three mint capuchinos.
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More shading in this one. Can you also see some of the rain damage by the great blue heron?
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Getting close to the end and waiting for the water to dry while adding
more details. |
More detailing on the great blue heron and added the strings on the bass.
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At last, I get into the picture thanks to a kind gentleman taking
pictures of the artwork. |
Getting close. The water is almost dry and more accents and shadows are added.
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This is it! This is the final work as of this evening.
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I'm calling it a day. The ground is starting to dry and it's getting too dark to work on details.
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Con cariño para Z, Sra y Tita.