The details in the Dutch town are taking time and toll on my back. So I get to use a chair and glasses for the next 4 years.
Perspective is the way to create the optical illusion that the building recede.
Adding the people to the bistro was difficult because each one need to be similar in size, but still get bigger the closer we got to the left end of the wall.
The last shot I got before never getting to finish the project in 2020 due to the pandemic and death of one of the town’s owners.
The previous owners of Tulip Town receiving an award for their painting contribution to the Istanbul World Tulip Summit 2014. This is a print of the original I painted for the owners, Tom and Jeanette DeGoede.
A video of the wall can be seen at https://www.facebook.com/Jennifer-Bowman-Artist-383130505960/?ref=hl
Here she is all fixed up.
Even though I am not down with the actual mural, the owners of Tulip town have built and addition to the end of my mural to simulate an actual small village. They sell their bulbs out of this section. We all got to paint on the face of the gal in the doorway. “Dutch” is …
The tool in my left hand is a ‘Maul-Stick’. I helps steady the hand and I use it to draw straight lines as well.