MONA CARON
art, murals, illustration

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Mural Art
Public murals
"Weeds"
Painting live

Watercolor Illustration
Various
Posters
Covers
Children's book

Block Print illustration
food & nature
storytelling
landscapes
packaging

Series
A California Bestiary
Utopian San Francisco
Mark Growden album

Other Works
drawings
painterly

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Below: a working sketch of the corner area at 22d St. and Church ST. (Tracing paper on a photo of the corner area.)


In some cases, the flowers are first rendered in chiaroscuro, and the color is glazed on top, as in the example below:
in progress in progress

The Background is made of various layers: In the first, cool colors like blue and green are applied with thinned paint. The next layers are dry-brushed with thick, dense paint of warm colors.
example of drybrushing wrm colors over cool colors example on wall example on wall

More details of the mural in progress below:





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