Encountering NPCs (Neighborly Painting Citizens)
For our first painting day of 2018, neighbors, co-workers and friends pitched in to paint some pixels – specifically the backgrounds for large pieces of…
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Making Floating Books
One of the first scenes in the Ghostbusters movie depicts a library haunted by a spirit, complete with flying card catalog cards and floating books. …
Somethin’ Great in the Neighborhood
Every year we have Community Painting Days, where friends, family, neighbors and co-workers come to paint props and scenery for the Halloween house. This year…
The Making of a Logo
One of the most iconic images associated with the Ghostbusters is their logo. It appears in every movie, on Ghostbuster uniforms and even covers the…
Floating Candles
The Great Hall at Hogwarts features many cool things. One of the special features is its floating candles. We decided to include those as part…
Making an Entrance (Part 2)—Winged Boars
The entrance gates to Hogwarts are topped by winged boars. We wanted to also have the entrance gates to our Hogwarts to have those, but…
Half a Trunk
In similar fashion to the Making Half an Owl Cage post, we wanted the cart going through Platform 9¾ to also have a Hogwarts trunk on…
Magical Painters
As Halloween approaches there are some details that need an artist’s touch. On our final Community Painting day, several skilled individuals arrived to help us…
Wizarding Signs
Signage is apparently still an important part of the wizarding world. There are some iconic signs from Harry Potter that we wanted to create for…
The Builders of Hogwarts
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.” ― Professor Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Many…
“…Unnaturally GREEN!”
The color green plays a prominent role in the Wizard of Oz, from the green of the hills, to the green of the Wicked Witch…
Come Paint Oz!
This Saturday, August 29th from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm (noon), we will be painting the wonderful land of Oz! Our first Community Painting Day is…
The Formation of Middle Earth
On Saturday, October 11th, an army of workers descended on the Halloween house to bring to life the landmarks of Middle Earth. Of note among…
Painting Middle Earth
On Saturday, September 21, we had our first Community Painting Day for the 2014 Halloween house. A Fellowship of painters gathered to begin the epic…