As we work toward the adoption process and are hoping to have kids in our life soon, I've been going a little stir crazy at the lack of action. So, I decided to make my seasonal project prepping the room that will someday hold a child, doing the stuff that I would never find the time for once things get going.
I found this picture online and decided that would make a fun mural for the bedroom wall.
This turned out to be a much bigger project than I expected, and took 3 solid weeks of work, yikes.
First we projected the animals onto the wall and I sketched them out. Neatly avoiding my lack of artistic skills
The trees came next. Three layers of color to give the sense of perspective
Heres the trees done on the main wall. You can kind of see the animal outlines
My first animal, not quite done, but the squirrel turned out pretty cute.
I still have three layers of grass to do but I was impatient.
Fox wall with trees and first layer of grass
Second layer of grass and the bird. He was a wood pigeon in the original but we made him raptor like with the orange beak and feet.
Bear started and the grass is done
Bear finished and deer started
Pretty cool, huh?
It wraps around to the fox wall
I love how the fox turned out. The owl is fun too. You can't tell in this picture but there is a big full moon behind the owl.
Almost done, but couldn't quit without the badger, so a last minute addition
This was a seriously involved project. I have tons of paint left because I waaaaay overbought. But man oh man did it turn out cute.
