Rob Scholten and I have been painting a mural in David Street, Preston, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. Ben, the owner of an Eastern-themed home goods and furniture store called Funky Stuff, asked him to do it and supplied the paint. It was Rob's design; he has done murals before – I was just adding flourishes, but it was interesting to work on street art in public for the first time.
We started the work in December 2013 and Rob had just put the finishing touches to it. Here's a visual record of our progress.
The wall originally was bright orange, 30 metres long and 10 metres high. Rob started by making lines in spray paint.
It needed to incorporate Buddha, and this is Rob's preliminary sketch.
In the early stages, using the roller and line work.
Embrace the wall, man!
Almost there...getting to this stage took about 5 sessions, lasting until sunset.
And finally, in March 2014 it's complete.
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