Punta Gorda Historical Mural Society/ Day 10 of the Golf Mural in progress at the YMCA

 Painting Patty Berg was the goal for today. 

Punta Gorda Historical Mural Society, Golf Mural in Progress Days 8 and 9 at the YMCA

 These are two of the players competing against Patty Berg. I had names for them when I first did the research, but I don't remember who they are now.
 It has been a week sense my last post. I was sick with the flu, but I am much better now, and did some painting today.

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A closer view gives a better sense of my use of color. The purpose is not so much to copy reality, but to make a bold statement that from a distance is dreamlike, or super-real.                                            

Punta Gorda Historical Mural Society Golf Mural at the YMCA, Days 6 and 7

 Day 6 was spent working on the club house that was used in Punta Gorda in the 30's and 40's. It has since been torn down.

 This photo shows a view that better illustrates the building in context with the mural.

Day 7 was spent working on the six palm trees. Color is a primary element in my paintings. I want the mural to shine like a jewel.

This close-up of the trees better shows my use of color.

Punta Gorda Historical Mural Society, YMCA golf mural in progress

After two days of priming the wall, laying out the grid, and transferring the image of the sample painting as a line drawing on the wall, I got some help from family to fill in large blocks of the background. This is the second of four proposed murals to be painted on the surrounding wall of the Punta Gorda YMCA on Highway 41.
From left to right, my brother Tom, my mother Caroline, my niece Laura, and her mother Chris.

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By the end of the day the base coat of half the sky and the ground was filled in.

On day four I finished the sky.

On day five I worked on giving the ground depth by moving the color from dark to light.