As You remember Angie received quite a painting on “Dino Fest Weekend” at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. Kids & their Parents added a great deal of extra paint to Angie (see posts 9-28 & 10-02-2019 “A Funtastic Dino Fest Weekend for All” & “Funtastic Dino Fest – Sunday the 22nd Day Two”). This water-based paint may wash off your hands but certainly not your clothes. I learned this paint will even bleach through Angie’s base coat. The random colors used by the Kids & their Parents make a nice addition to Angie’s existing primary colors.
This year I decided to let the weather remove the extra paint from “Dino Fest” on its own schedule. Not only does this save me a great deal of scrubbing, but allows it to bleach the base coat more deeply as well. The recent rains have removed almost all of it now. Even so it took about 30 minutes of scrubbing to remove what was left. The last group of Kids used a lot of “Red” which is leaving a nice light rose color impression. The paint reaction has also produced a scale appearance on many parts of Angie. Every Year the “Dino Fest” participants help give Angie a more realistic look.
One extra Stone for the Brontosaurs new pad was purchased with four more for Dominic’s new base. The same colors for the last Brontosaur Stone. Sherwin Williams Double Latte for the base color, Cavern Clay for the footprints, Offbeat Green for the Moss and Baked Cookie for all the shadowing accents. Dominic’s new spot will be closer to the front doors. Therefore, a brighter set of colors will be used for his Stones. Sherwin Williams Obstinate Orange for the base color, Calypso (blue) for the footprints with Cyberspace shadowing and Memorable Rose for the lichen and Dynamo (berry red) for the shadows. The blue footprints will hopefully make you believe there is water remaining in the footprints. All footprints are made using a template that I made a year ago from a piece of cardboard. It’s still holding up well. The Moss & Lichen and shadows are free hand using artist brushes (When weather permits these details will be added). Before applying paint, the stones were acid etched, rinsed & dried. Make sure you wear a hat, protective eye wear and gloves when using the acid on the stones. A spray bottle works well for me to apply the acid to the Stones.
Stay Tuned for even more details to be added to Blue Too & the baby brontosaurs!
Be sure to check out “Titanosaurs 3D” & “Antarctic Dinosaurs” while You still can
At the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles!
“Encouraging the Appreciation of Art and Education through the Inspiration of Dinosaurs”
Paul & Prehistoric Pals
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