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Amsterdam Flag Painting - "Dutch Flag" Design

7/16/2018

Amsterdam Flag Painting - Dutch Flag Design

Amsterdam Flag Painting by Michael Carlton -

Dutch Flag Design Amsterdam Flag Painting

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Amsterdam Flag Painting - "Dutch Flag" Design

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Amsterdam Flag Painting - "Classic Design"

7/16/2018

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Amsterdam Flag Painting - Classic Design

Amsterdam Flag Painting by Michael Carlton - Classic Design

Classic Design Amsterdam Flag Painting

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your business or home visit:

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Classic Design Amsterdam Flag Painting

Amsterdam Flag Paintings by Michael Carlton - Classic Design

Amsterdam Flag Paintings - Classic Design

Classic Design Amsterdam Flag Painting in progress...

Classic Design Amsterdam Flag Paintings in progress...

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New Ink Drawing - "Which Way Now..?"

6/9/2018

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New ink drawing - "Which Way Now..?"

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New Acrylic Painting - "Kaboom!"

6/8/2018

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New brush-wipe style acrylic painting on some
water-wrinkled paper - "Kaboom!"

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New Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant, Amsterdam

4/13/2018

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New Mural at Maccheroni Italian Restaurant

Just finished a new mural at Maccheroni Italian restaurant in Amsterdam.

The mural measures about 6.5 square metres and is in the main dining/ordering area of the restaurant.

Video:

The painting is also clearly visible from outside so I've worked the design around the logo and lettering on the window:

The painting has also got spot-lights on it so I've added a specific gloss varnish to make the surface of the painting reflect the light:

Interview with the Manager...

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Mural in Progress...

I've also put together a series of blog posts documenting the progress of the mural
if you'd like to see step-by-step how the piece came together:

See the Mural in Progress

To see the mural in person and to sample some of the delicious pizza and
pasta dishes available from the restaurant visit Maccheroni at
Wittenburgergracht 143, Amsterdam:

www.Maccheroni.nl

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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant - The Finished Product

4/11/2018

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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant -
The Finished Product

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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant - Phase 5: Outlining and Varnishing

4/11/2018

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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant -
Phase 5: Outlining and Varnishing

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The final stage is the outlining of all the shapes and adding a protective gloss varnish to the painting:

To see the finished painting click below to view the final post in this series:

Final Post: The Finished Product

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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant - Phase 4: Adding the Colours

4/11/2018

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Mural at Maccheroni Restaurant -
Phase 4: Adding the Colours

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Now it's time to start filling the remaining spaces with the new colours until all the white spaces have gone...

As well as the orange, brown and blue I'm also going to be using some metallic gold to give the painting a nice luxurious feel:

Once the new colours have all been added and then wall is filled I can then move to the final phase which is outlining the spaces and adding a protective varnish:

Next Post - Phase 4: Outlining and Protective Varnish...

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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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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.

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.

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:

Measuring out the border

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:

Painting the border

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:

Completed black and gold border

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...