Jay spent the day brushing on a transparent coat of paint (glaze) and then judiciously wiping it off. The key is to work fast and not allow a dry line to form. By carefully edging along crack and joint lines, things are made easier. Jay also left the glaze a little thicker in places to make it look more like rock. When we sculpted the rocks, we used coarse sand, and our sculpting tools left lots of pock marks as we hooked onto the small stones in the mix. The glaze is left in those areas. The next glaze will be darker, and once that is done, we’ll come back with a bright, whitish dry brush to add the highlights. As soon as the paint is complete on the center plinth, we’ll be reattaching the signs, which are also nearing completion. It is going to be exciting to see how the colours all work together. Stay tuned…
Everything is colour!
Every piece of the Downey’s Farm sign gets more colourful by the day as the paint crew brushes on the paint. The sign faces are down to the final blends on the letters, the sign plinth gets its first coat of glaze tomorrow, and the little mascot tractor and character will soon sport their first colours. Stay tuned…
Painting letters
We are making wonderful progress on the giant Downey’s Farm sign faces. The base coats and glazes on the backgrounds are now totally finished, and we have begun the painting of the lettering. The sign plinth and planter are into their second coat of paint, and the little tractor is now becoming more colourful by the hour. Stay tuned…
