Making Walls Disappear

Edwin and I have been working hard getting everything ready to go live with our website, and finishing up getting the products in our store.  I will keep updates here and on our other social sites.  You can click here. Wall-Ahhh! store on our site wallsmarternow.com  and it will take you directly to the storefront, or just go to the main page at www.wallsmarternow.com once we are up and running. Never realized just how much goes into getting an e-commerce site ready for shoppers!  This is my first excursion into the world of websites, and I really have to admit that even though we ended up getting a WYSIWYG site builder, it still takes a bit of know-how to get things the way you want them. For instance, not really knowing just what each package could do, I figured we could just get the basic builder and if we found out later we needed other features, we would just add them down the road sometime. NOT a very good decision, as I soon came to find out! But after rea...

Translated from French, trompe-l'oeil (pronounced tromp loy) means literally to 'deceive the eye'.  It is a technique that has been used for centuries that creates the believable illusion of a three-dimensional subject but portrayed on a two-dimensional surface such as canvas or paper. It often gives the appearance of "opening up" or expanding space.  For example, a window or a door that seems to lead to an expanded vista. A Vineyard in Tuscany Doves on Window Sill over Entryway Stairway along the sea  Although it is said to have its origins in the Baroque period, it would be better to say that it  re -emerged during that time, but has been around dating back to the time of Pompeii in Greek and Roman history.  During the Renaissance period, Italian artists were using a type of trompe-l'oeil known as "di sotto en su' (translation:  from below, upward), when doing ceiling painting.  The elements on the ceiling were painted as...

Yesterday Edwin started a new mural at Gordon McCaw Elementary School in Henderson, NV, and I was there to capture some of it on video.  Yes, once again I was up a ladder onto the roof of a building, and for those that know me, this is no small thing.  I've always had a phobia about heights, but yesterday I realized that I was actually doing pretty well with being more than 2 ft. off the ground. Perhaps it's because I was so engrossed with watching Edwin sketch out the basic design for his newest mural!  Whatever the reason, I'm truly grateful that height no longer seemed to bother me, since I plan on filming the entire process and posting it here on our blog so that everyone can see just what goes into making a mural of this size and scope. This is the design that was submitted and approved by the school board, although they weren't particularly happy with the center part of the outline that actually reads The McCaw School since this mural won't be seen from...