Preparing the Canvas - Part 2

Now to reveal the newly painted wall! We ended up applying two coats of Zinsser WaterTite, oil-based waterproofing paint. The first coat was applied with a large brush, and the second coat with a heavy nap roller.

Here is the newly painted wall with the awful, old, dark brown color still on the floor...



And after application of two coats of Light Rattan, Behr brand, 1-part epoxy paint to the floor...




I'm not sure about anyone else, but when I see this much white space, I feel the need to paint on it. So I decided to celebrate some of Milwaukee's history by painting a vintage Harley Davidson design in this space. I thought it might be nice to paint some sepia tone images, to give the impression that the new paintings might have been there a while. I also do not want to put anything too personal on the wall that might deter future home buyers.

I decided to paint an old Harley Davidson board racer image as well as a vintage bar and shield logo on the South wall of the basement. This will be used as a main display wall in our studio space. It will give us something to ponder while creating new pieces of art.

Here are the two images we plan on painting.....





We plan on painting the board racer on the right half of the south wall as large as we can. Then we will paint the bar and shield logo to the left of the racer as large as possible. The Nova paint for this project arrived this afternoon, so next up it is time to project the art on the wall.



I recently added 16 recessed lights in the basement but that is another story for another day. For now, I will focus on the mural painting......until then....