I've been completing some non Folksy related projects this month, the first of them being this Chinese inspired mural of blue magpies on blossom branches and a weeping willow background.
I started by painting a halo effect background using Farrow & Ball and Craig & Rose chalky emulsion. I ending up using 6 different colours to create a less blank canvass and used watered down chalky emulsion for the weeping willow branches.
I then sketched in the branches and roughly filled in the bird shapes as I wanted to get the best balance of blossom across the wall.
I then went bold on the branches, added the blossom and finished the detail on the birds.
The whole wall was then sealed with matt varnish and finished with an iridescent paint from Crown to lift the birds from the background.
