Scripture In Progess

Scripture in progress, acrilic on 12 x 12 gallery wrapped canvas, sheiladelgado.com

 

I ran out of daylight yesterday and had to wait until today to continue working on this. I worked in Photoshop to choose fonts and set the type the way I wanted it on the canvas. My lettering skills are not such that I can create interesting fonts on the fly. I know it is difficult to see on the canvas at this point. I chose a cursive font for the majority of the type, and added interest to key words with large, bold fonts.

Then I transferred the type to the canvas, old school style. I took graphite to the back of my type sheet. I taped the sheet lightly to the canvas, and traced the message, checking as I went.

Because it is a large canvas, 12 x 12 in., I tucked a used canvas panel in back between the frame and canvas. That gave me a hard surface to trace on. I did not have to apply much pressure to transfer the type.

I have begun to paint the letters. It’s so funny because starting this task still puts the fear failure into me.

Why do I think it is going to be so hard?

No worries. Once I start, it deflates from a big deal into a small one.

It feels a lot like Christmas here in Southern California! So nice to have proper hot cocoa drinking weather. They say rain is on the way, but I won’t pull out the umbrella just yet!

Have a JOYFUL day!

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