MONA CARON

ILLUSTRATION
& MURALS

Mural Art
MURALS
Performance-murals,
live painting

Watercolor Illustration
Various samples
Posters
Book & magazine covers
Children's book
Children's illustration
Utopian San Francisco series

Block Print illustration
food & nature
narrative themes
landscapes & landmarks
packaging illustration
decorative spots

Other Works
Black & white illustrations
Printmaking
Acrylic studies
Costumes & Puppets

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Below: a working sketch of the corner area at 22d St. and Church ST. (Tracing paper on a photo of the corner area.)


In some cases, the flowers are first rendered in chiaroscuro, and the color is glazed on top, as in the example below:
in progress in progress

The Background is made of various layers: In the first, cool colors like blue and green are applied with thinned paint. The next layers are dry-brushed with thick, dense paint of warm colors.
example of drybrushing wrm colors over cool colors example on wall example on wall

More details of the mural in progress below:





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