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First piece of public signwriting! Ie first thing I've done that will be released into the wild of the real world, to be seen by members of the public, as opposed to stuff no one but myself (and possibly my social media pals) will see.
My bins!
The white smudges around it are from where I transferred the design onto the bin by writing the number on a piece of paper, rubbing chalk heavily all over the back of the piece of paper to turn it into a kind of tracing paper, and then drawing over the number again. This transfers the design in a thin white line, but it transfers a few smudges too. As soon as the number is dry, I'll wipe the chalk smudges off with a cloth.
This is my mixed recycling bin. I did my green recycling bin too, although by that point I was losing the light and couldn't see my chalked line, which made it difficult. Lesson learned there - don't try to paint in the dark!
Both bins are now lying down in the drive looking like some kind of localized hurricane has passed through. But they'll be dry enough to stand up again in an hour or so.
It is much harder painting something uneven which you have to do while kneeling down than it is to do painting on a piece of paper lying down on a table!
Can I call myself a signwriter yet, or do I have to wait until I've done something for which I've been paid?
My bins!
The white smudges around it are from where I transferred the design onto the bin by writing the number on a piece of paper, rubbing chalk heavily all over the back of the piece of paper to turn it into a kind of tracing paper, and then drawing over the number again. This transfers the design in a thin white line, but it transfers a few smudges too. As soon as the number is dry, I'll wipe the chalk smudges off with a cloth.
This is my mixed recycling bin. I did my green recycling bin too, although by that point I was losing the light and couldn't see my chalked line, which made it difficult. Lesson learned there - don't try to paint in the dark!
Both bins are now lying down in the drive looking like some kind of localized hurricane has passed through. But they'll be dry enough to stand up again in an hour or so.
It is much harder painting something uneven which you have to do while kneeling down than it is to do painting on a piece of paper lying down on a table!
Can I call myself a signwriter yet, or do I have to wait until I've done something for which I've been paid?
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Date: 2022-11-13 10:39 pm (UTC)From:Stuff like sign painting and calligraphy has always been super impressive to me because of the level of patience it takes. (I have neither the temperament nor the steady hand for something as precise as sign painting--even though I like to draw.) Things like: fonts, numbers, symbols--they're all so standardized that any errors are super noticeable, so you really have to take your time with them and plan them out.
It's so soothing to watch people do stuff like this though--I understand why people enjoy it. I can imagine how satisfying it must feel to finish a hard to nail flourish or finish blocking in a number. It always look very zen.
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Date: 2022-11-14 09:58 am (UTC)From:I'm hoping that the steady hand will come with practice, and also with learning to trust the brushes. The brushes are designed to help you get a good straight line, if you use them right, and I can almost feel the muscle memory being laid down of how to get them to do the thing that they're supposed to do. But that too is a slow process. I'm not surprised that it used to take 5 years to train a signwriter - I'm fairly sure it will take me all that time.
The course involves a lot of watching the guy paint letters, and he has a very soothing voice, but I must admit to getting really impatient and wishing I had been given all the information in a bullet point list :)