FINAL wall design!

Time is running our for me. I have 4 short weeks until D day and the mural isn't done yet.

I wanted to have something 100% free hand that i did all my own somewhere in this. and i wanted something tall to possibly show over the dresser.

I asked lots of people for ideas. Ive posted on face book for others thoughts. But nothing really struck me.

That is until Michelle came home from college.

she and i collaborated on this project when we got it started, so i guess it was fitting that the last design was a work of a joint effort. we both were not really happy with how the "dirt" turned out in this corner, it didn't have the same "flow" as the rest.

now work in the dresser, the height needed, it was just hard to understand what needed done.

We got to talking about buildings. how a building with scaffolding could be tall. but i always imagined these little bears were building roads. probably because while i was going through cancer treatment they rebuilt route 15. and we had construction every time we went for treatment and it was completed about the time my treatment was completed. In some way i credit my conception not only to God but to the cancer treatment, but that's a whole other story...

So what else gets built on a road? well we have our sluice pipes that are being laid, steam rollers, etc... then Michelle said what about a bridge? a big suspension bridge?

Back in school we studied bridges and bridge structures. they have always fascinated me. as a child i always tried to build bridges over the creek that runs behind my parents farm. NEVER very successfully, but it was fun.

so a suspension bridge, suddenly my mind starts filling with pictures of the golden gate,and other suspension bridges i have seen in my life YEA!

so i penciled it out on the wall. then i realized, WOW this is going to be a real in depth piece of artwork, there are supports, cables, and the LINES!!! but i love the sketch.

(you may need to click on the picture to enlarge it
so that you can see the pencil sketch)

the water under the bridge is going to take care of the "dirt" issue we have, and then we got to messing around with what to put in the water. that is still up in the air, but for now the sketch has an octopus some fish and of course sponge bob...

we still have one design to do on the door, but this wall has to get done first