Saturday, September 19

Home Improvement

Brit started a little painting project a couple of days ago to decorate a wall in our basement next to the computers (yes, multiple). He worked really hard on the outline and the beginning parts, and then I kinda took over with detail work and tiny shadows. Unintentionally, I took over the project to the point where Brit texted me last night saying, "I kinda want to finish it, but I don't want to screw it up for you." I finally convinced him to finish working on his own project, and I feel bad that I took it over so completely, but he did and it turned out great.

And this morning at 1 AM on International Talk Like A Pirate Day, Brit finished the mural on our wall:



Does it make me very lame if I like it A LOT? The inherent pirateness and symbolism combine into one burning package of awesome.

The panorama shot of our (still very messy) basement where the mural resides:


And some shots of the work in progress:
I'm really glad this turned out to be a family project. And I'm immensely pleased with the final product. And will be even more pleased when my basement is put back together. But for now... yay!

3 comments:

heather said...

Wow. This is crazy amazing! I really like it, and I honestly had no idea that Brit could draw like that!! you guys made a great team - it looks AWESOME! Are you going to do anything else??

Cynthia said...

Wow...I am amazed and really excited to see it tonight!! I guess the pirate theme explains Brit's text to me this morning that said "Yarr Lassie". It looks great!

Nathan and Shannon said...

That's awesome!!!