July 2025
Acrylic paint on door, 30" x 80"
I painted this door for Downtown Bellingham Partnership’s Gallery Alley. It will be on auction until September 30, 2025, with proceeds going to DBP.
In this project, I used a doodle grid for the first time to enlarge my reference sketch. I also learned that you should NOT do this with alcohol markers! The paint covered the markers fine, but when I applied a clear protective coating, they suddenly leaked through the paint and it looked as if I had doodled right on top 😥 The good news is that because the door was intended to be displayed outside, I used a lightfast mural paint. Alcohol markers are notoriously not lightfast, so some time out in the sun has faded the ink quite a lot. I expect the marks will continue to fade throughout the duration of the door’s display.
