COMMUNITY TAPS MURAL

kaleigh gold ratchet door mural pizza community — Not pictured – the paint covering my legs

YA’LL THIS WAS SO FUN

Had a fricken blast doing some * manual labor* out on the ave (Whyte Ave).

Community Taps + Pizza had approached me during Art Walk, asking for an eye-catching door mural to attract foot traffic.

So NATURALLY – we did some trippy pizza with a where’s Waldo of pizza ingredients

Alright catch the process:

ratchet gold community taps + pizza door mural pizza mock up — ~ the initial mock-up ~

ratchet gold door mural initial paint pull — What we’re working with

ratchet gold community mural pencil draw up door — ~ the penciling ~

ratchet gold community door mural black and white pizza painting — Black and white realness

ratchet gold door mural painting gold pineapple — Mmmmm sweet sweet pineapple paint

ratchet gold door mural cheese pizza — Oooo yes mix in some c o l o u r

kaleigh gold ratchet excited about paint mural — Yelling in excitement on the street about how nice the cheese colours are

ratchet gold community door mural paint blue pepper ring — Close up of the ~ magic blue pepper ring ~

Also peep the colour mixing. Pretty noice hey?

ratchet gold kaleigh gold community taps + pizza door mural — TAAA DAAAAAA

(Also look how cute the lil fork door stopper is)

Highlights

Sanding the entire door and FINALLY getting it clean – bare bones clean – after 11 hours of sanding, scraping, and chemical peeling
Painting the cheese!!! Used a special brush and technique with minimal paint mixing to create a van gogh-esque effect
Children coming by to tell me how much they love each topping and asking to paint with me
Meeting my now – videographer – Doug and building a beautiful friendship while he documented the process for me
Getting to know the fabulous staff at Community and trying the best onion rings I’ve EVER had

Ratchet gold kaleigh painting door mural — Photo creds to Doug!

LESSONS LEARNT

Get drill pads with hook n loop velcro and dust holes
Peel paint in the am, sand in the pm
Take pictures of the door hardware before taking it all off
HAMMER CLOSED YOUR PAINT CANS

ratchet gold spilled paint oops — Story Time:

After priming the door and applying ONE coat of white paint – I left for the day so it could dry before the pencil draw up the next day.

When arriving home, I opened my trunk to see that the FULL gallon of white paint had exploded e v e r y w h e r e in my trunk. I’m talking tools, supplies, trunk interior. My entire trunk was (and still is) coated in non-washable EXTRA-STRENGTH exterior paint.

I tried to salvage what I could and pour the paint from my trunk mat back into the can – but sheesh this was not the move.

It took me TWO hours in the bath to scrub the paint off my arms and another few hours to clean up the aftermath that was left on every surface I touched.

IN SUM: hammer closed your lids!!! Put them in milk crates!!! OR USE WASHABLE PAINT.

ratchet gold kaleigh covered in paint oops — Anyways, I had a fricken baja blast the entire time and can’t wait for the next mural!

STAY TUNED <3

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COMMUNITY TAPS MURAL

YA’LL THIS WAS SO FUN

Highlights

LESSONS LEARNT

Let's make something weird.