Hello and oh my I've made it to another Sunday Sketches post. It's been a bit too long but let's not dwell on that....at last I can unveil the finished Octonaut's Banner.
I decided not to paint 'Happy 4th Birthday Ollie' on it as after all the work that went into it, I thought that Ollie would like to hang it on his wall.....which he has done. So lovely Jim found the Octonaut font and created a separate banner with the words on which I must say looked good.
This was a real challenge for me (a labour of love) as I've not painted such a huge long piece of work before and it was difficult to find places to lay it out. I've certainly learned a lot from this should I ever be mad enough to offer to do this again (although I fear I already have....).
Above are some shots of each piece of the banner as it was over 6ft long. I decided to scan in and print off the characters faces, logo's and the inside the Octopod and stuck those on to give a more realistic effect. The rest was all painted in acrylic paint on wallpaper....a remnant of the cottage renovation.
And here's the birthday boy himself!
Please join me in visiting the other Sunday Sketchers.....there is always such a variety of artwork to see.
Happy Sunday to you!
Helen xx
ps....I think if you click on the images you get a larger version which may help when viewing the banner.
