entries sorted by the tag Murals
Mural painting finally in Pittsburgh- sort of.
posted on May 26, 2010 in Analog, Custom Art, Murals, Project Design
and tagged Murals, nova color paint, Pittsburgh, San Diego
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next post in series of mural I’m painting right now in Pittsburgh studio & (ironically enough) shipping back to San Diego for installation!
Vertical blind mural, continued
posted on February 13, 2010 in Analog, Custom Art, Murals
and tagged Murals, wall mural
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So here is the finished right hand panel of the San Diego cityscape mural, rendered with lots of patience on a set of vertical blinds for a penthouse apartment with a similar view. Each panel is approx 16′ wide x …
Return to the vertical blind cityscape mural
posted on February 3, 2010 in Analog, Murals
and tagged Murals, Pittsburgh, San Diego, vertical blinds, wall mural
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This is the left “panel” finished on the shop floor. There are sixty actual blinds making up the paint surface/image plane in this photo.
Kids murals | ocean theme room details
posted on January 15, 2010 in Analog, Kids Murals, Murals
and tagged beach mural, Murals, ocean mural
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Detail shot of third corner treatment in the ocean theme kids room mural.
Kids mural design sample set | circus room
posted on January 7, 2010 in Analog, Kids Murals, Project Design
and tagged Faux Finish, mural design, Murals, Paint Samples
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I’m posting a few of the different design pieces I worked up on the way to the cirus themed kids’ playroom I’ve been recently documenting in my murals and faux galleries. Here is the set of samples just after the …
Kids murals | Circus playroom mural details
posted on January 4, 2010 in Analog, Custom Art, Kids Murals
and tagged circus playroom, Murals, trompe l'oeil
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More pictures now of the completely finished circus playroom trompe l’oeil mural wall. This detail shows the completed ticket box…
Kids murals | Circus theme hero wall details
posted on December 28, 2009 in Analog, Kids Murals
and tagged Faux Painting, kids murals, Murals, playroom
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In most of the commercial entertainment work settings of my career, the “hero wall” is either the biggest, showiest feature of the set we were creating, whether a three dimensional feature or painted surface, or the most prominent, first-impression-is-everything element …
Kids murals| Circus tent wall murals continued
posted on December 23, 2009 in Analog, Kids Murals
and tagged kids murals, Murals, playroom
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Here’s the next stage of development of the trompe l’oeil mural feature of the circus playroom. The circus tent wall curtain has been developed in volume so that it feels pulled and rolled, and the interior of the mural has …
Kids murals | Circus theme room
posted on December 22, 2009 in Analog, Kids Murals
and tagged Faux Finishes, kids murals, Murals, playroom
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The circus themed room I painted in 2008 is one of my favorite projects for one of my favorite clients– okay, their grandson, actually. This picture (and the next few to be published here) show the development of his playroom …
Kids murals | ocean, rocks, beach
posted on December 8, 2009 in Analog, Kids Murals
and tagged kids murals, Murals, ocean mural, wall mural
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This is the opposite end of the little girls’ room from the Torrey Pine sheltered reading corner, where you enter from the main house. The single door on the left is the door to the hallway; the double doors on …
Tuscan mural painted on pantry doors
posted on December 4, 2009 in Analog, Murals
and tagged interior design, Murals, trompe l'oeil, tuscany
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This picture of the Tuscan landscape mural has never been published before, though I have put up others of this same job. This view is how you first encounter the mural panel when entering the kitchen from the entryway/foyer of …
cityscape mural | early stages
posted on November 29, 2009 in Analog, Murals
and tagged Architectural Drawing, Murals, vertical blinds
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I like this picture to remind me of how many steps there really were in pulling this mural project off.
Mural on vertical blinds | tough surface to paint
posted on November 28, 2009 in Analog, Murals
and tagged Murals, paint surface, vertical blinds
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Vertical blinds were extruded with 1/8″ wide grooves, making it a challenge to get down clean lines for the architectural drawing involved.
Cityscape mural on vertical blinds
posted on November 28, 2009 in Analog, Murals
and tagged Iwata, Murals, vertical blinds, wall mural
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The secret? Translucent glazy colors mixed right for two trusty Iwata spray guns, and a lot of careful masking.
I’m going to put up more of this stuff on my actual mural and faux painting blog, but since I started here and I’m still screwing with the social media hook ups, I’m putting these up here first as an …
Updates for July 7, 2007
posted on July 7, 2009 in Updates
and tagged Art Reception, Murals
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updated the new mural gallery page on new #WordPress blog http://johnhiemstra.com/murals # last video post was to FaceBook for #SanDiego #art reception this Fri http://bit.ly/10QtT1, me, wife @sdmetalsmith, http://bedfordbuilt.com # I uploaded a YouTube video — Heather's LifeChain, part 3 …
Getting to paint: a holiday unto itself!
posted on July 6, 2009 in Fine Art
and tagged Little Italy, Murals, Scenic Painting, Sky Paintings
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I spent a few hours each of the July 4 weekend working on the sky paintings for this Friday’s reception at Coalesce, furniture designer Joseph Bedford’s gallery in Little Italy. Here’s a couple more pix I didn’t put up on …
Updates for July 2, 2009
posted on July 2, 2009 in Updates
and tagged Murals, trompe l'oeil
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complete trompe l’oeil circus #mural gallery first up on my new #WordPress portfolio site http://bit.ly/1h165m #art #lt #SanDiego artist # fix that link to Heather's LifeChain video http://bit.ly/6rQGs !! # posted second LifeChain #jewelry video http://bit.ly/qiVMT to @sdmetalsmith new #wordpress …
