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| Lynne's demonstration panel recreating a detail from a large ceiling mural |
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| ornament in progress |
This is version of a large spandrel element I designed for a huge ceiling in the Paris Casino Resort in Las Vegas. That design was inspired by the ceiling ornament in the St Francis of Assisi Church in Sacramento, which I got to study closely while working on its restoration.
I still have my master drawings from the Paris ceiling, so I used one of the pounces to transfer part of the design onto some primed canvas.
The basic shapes are blocked in with two colors: pale green and salmon pink.
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| Lynne Rutter's ceiling in the Paris Casino Resort |
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| work in progress |
Next the foliate shapes are shaded with several colors, and accented with yellow ochre. I use a dry brush technique to do this, so that the base color still shows through a bit.
All this makes for a pretty wild palette, but it's very effective especially from some distance.
The ornament is further defined by lining it with burnt sienna.
This panel found a home in nearby Elgin. Enjoy it, Sigi!
Photos of the wonderful work exhibited at Salon at Flickr
Spandrel is in the glossary!
Hi Lynne,
ReplyDeleteI love the way you describe your method....you break everything down to the basics and make it sound so simple, but the results are stunning. My husband and I stayed in the Paris hotel about this time last year and I remember loving the detail work on the ceilings and corridors.
Holley