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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant - Phase 3: Composition and First Few Shapes

12/13/2017

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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant - 
Phase 3: Composition and First Few Shapes
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Now that the border is in place I can start working on the overall composition of the piece and adding the first few colours.

The restaurant itself has quite a lot of square and rectangular shapes in it from all the ovens, cupboards, display screens and pizza boxes so I want to create something along those lines to complement these shapes.
The kitchen area has a lot of metallic colours and greys so colour scheme-wise I want to include some of those colours in the painting:
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I'm going to be using a colours scheme based around the orange and back of the restaurant logo, along with some sandal colours to complement the brown furniture in the restaurant, and some bright blues and yellows to offset the darker greys and metallic colours of the kitchen area:
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Being in Amsterdam I want to create something that looks quite Dutch whilst at the at same time having a bold Italian look and feel.

To do this I'm going to create a Piet Mondrian-esque painting with a bright and bold colour scheme:
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Before I start the painting I need to get a couple of reference lines around which I can build the remaining composition of the painting.

The reference lines will be based around the logo and lettering on the front window:

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The 2 black lines frame the logo figure when viewed from outside an also create a compositional space around the counter from the inside.

This creates a dual-viewing effect where the painting looks and feels slightly different when viewed from one angle and position on the inside and another from the outside.

Now I just need to paint the first few colours the starting point for the rest of the colour scheme:
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The first and most important initial colour is the orange stripe that passes down the middle area of the painting.

Like the black lines before this orange line links the window logo into the composition of the painting and frames the counter against the edge of the painting.

The orange stripe intersects the orange line of the logo at a 90 degree angle when viewed from outside and sets the painting up for the perpendicular shapes that will follow.
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The other 2 colours to set up the initial colour scheme of the painting are a sky-blue in the top left corner of the painting to suggest "outside" and a light pastel brown pillar-shaped colour on the right of the painting (which matches the furniture colour scheme) to suggest "inside".

The orange stripe down the middle is prominent when looking in from outside so within the abstract context of the painting it suggests both "inside" and "outside" and acts as a pivital point between in and out, left and right etc.

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Now that the foundation of the painting is complete I can now start adding more colours and shapes knowing that they will all fit in and work well with the surrounding environment of the painting.

Next Post - Phase 4: Adding the Colours
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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant - Phase 2: Marking Area to be Painted and Black and Gold Border

12/11/2017

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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant - 
Phase 2: Marking Area to be Painted and Black and Gold Border

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This mural is going to feature a black and gold border to really bring the piece to life.

The border will be about 10-12cm thick and will run all the way around the edge of the painting:
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Measuring out the border

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Starting work on the black border

Once the border has been marked out then I can start filling it in with the black and gold coloured paint:
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Painting the border

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Black and gold paint

When the border is complete I then paint a second coat of acrylic paint over the initial emulsion coat to give the colours a professional sheen:
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Completed black and gold border

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Black and gold border from inside the restaurant

Now that the border's complete I can start work on the composition of the painting and adding the first few colours and shapes which is featured in the next post in this series:

Next Post - Phase 3: Painting Composition and First Few Colours...
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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant - Phase 1: Getting to Know the Restaurant and Initial Colour Scheme

12/11/2017

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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant - 
Phase 1: Getting to Know the Restaurant
​and Initial Colour-Scheme Selection
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When I first start working on a mural it always takes a few days to get a feel for the place and to come up with a suitable colour scheme and overall composition:
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Inside the restaurant

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View from behind the counter

Because this is a mural for a business what I want to do is work the colour scheme around the colour and shapes of the logo and the company lettering to create a coherent visual effect in the restaurant.

The logo itself features black and orange and I'm going to use those colours as the foundation of the colour scheme
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Maccheroni Logo

The mural will also be featured on a wall that's visible through the main front window of the restaurant so it's going to be important that it doesn't obscure the logo and lettering in the background:
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Mural will also be backdrop to front window logo and lettering

When creating a painting like this I'll usually use a combination of both acrylic and emulsion paint to create a dual textured effect:
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Using a combination of acrylic and emulsion paint

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Going through possible colours of the mural

Once I have a rough idea of the sorts of colours I'll be using I come up with a colour chart and get any paints I don't already have mixed at the paint shop:
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As soon as I have a good idea of the sorts of colour I'm going to use I can then move on to Phase 2 of the painting which is measuring out the area to be painted and creating the black and gold border and featured in the following post in this series:

Next Post - Phase 2: Measuring Out Area to be Painted and Black and Gold Border
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Mural at Maccheroni Italian Restaurant in Progress

12/9/2017

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Mural at Maccheroni Italian Restaurant in Progress 
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Macaroni Italian Restaurant on Wittenburgergracht, Amsterdam

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Wall to be painted...

In this series of posts I'm going to be documenting the progress of a new mural at Maccheroni Italian restaurant on Wittenburgergracht in Amsterdam.

The wall has a surface area of approximately 6.5 square-metres and it's next to the main counter of the restaurant:
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Main wall in the restaurant measuring approximately 6.5 square metres

The wall is also clearly visible from the outside so I want to make sure the painting is eye-catching for passing pedestrians to get them to come in and check out the restaurant:
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Wall is also visible to passers-by from outside

When creating a mural like this there are various phases of design and production and in this series of posts I'm going to be documenting each phase of the project.

​Click on the link below to go to the first post in this series...

Successive posts will be added to the series as the project progresses and moves towards completion.

You can also follow the project as it progresses by following the latest updates on Twitter and Facebook.

The project starts with Phase 1 - Getting to Know the Restaurant and Initial Colour-Scheme Selection
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Phase 1 - Getting to Know the Restaurant
​and Initial Colour-Scheme Selection

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