The black polygon shapes on the Carlyle House floorcloth are done. Now we really have three dimensions to look at! This took about 25 hours to paint- two coats, no taping. All that’s left is the border (with a few stripes and a marbled interior), and the finishing coats of Sher Clear and we’re done!

Many of you have been asking about classes. The summer has booked itself up completely for me and the earliest I can schedule anything will be in the Fall. The Weathersfield Inn could handle a group on October 20/21 or October 27/28. If anyone is interested, please let me know and tell me what kind of class you would  most like to attend. In the meantime, don’t forget the Rufus Porter landscape floorcloth class on July 8th and 9th in Bridgton, Maine at the Rufus Porter Museum.

This is the floorcloth students will paint in the one -and -a -half -day class. The added bonus is that the original mural is right downtown, about two blocks from the school and we will go there during lunch break and see what the “real” thing looks like. It’s amazing, and very inspiring! If you’d like to take this class, sign up right away. There are only a couple of spaces left. Click here for more information.

It took a week and now one color of the shading on the Tumbling Blocks floorcloth is complete. Each polygon was painted freehand, using the pencil marks as guides. The floorcloth was rolled up and the first row rolled out. The polygons were painted and then repainted with a second coat before rolling the next section out and proceeding with the next row. Theresa says the repetition is “therapeutic”. Some would say you gotta be crazy to take on this task!

Now we move on to the last set of polygons. These will be black so a huge difference will pop out for my next posting. Stay tuned!

I also just installed another “around the corner” floorcloth this weekend. This one is eleven feet long and wraps around the stairwell. I had measured for this piece myself, but still I get nervous when it comes time to see if it’s going to fit. The added complication with a design such as this is to make the pattern fit so that no elements are awkwardly cut off. It’s all about scale and geometry!

Other details about this design can be seen by clicking here.