Mural Class/New Student

Started with a new student on Monday and thought some may like to follow along. This project is being developed as we go, I'm trying to have the student make decisions (right or wrong), so that the steps and thought process that goes into creating a mural will be better understood. First lesson learned?......its almost always best to have a planned sketch, preferably drawn to scale, making for an easy transfer to the wall or canvas. You want to know where your main elements are so you don't waste time painting in a background for instance, when you're going to end up painting something on top of it. You want all your elements to be in proper size/perspective in relation to each other.
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