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For the second year running, I helped Pukeko Design decorate Aberdeen Pavilion for the Mayor's Christmas Celebration on December 10th. Last year, I made several signs for the event - some entrances and exits as well as signs for balloon animals, Mrs. Claus, BeaverTails, and the Snack pavilion. This year, I created several more entrance and exit signs and transformed the balloon animal sign into a train for the new train ride. On the day prior, I helped set up the trees, snow on the pavilions and craft stations to create a magical winter wonderland.
I was thrilled to create more of the signs, as I really enjoy working with traditional media. The signs were 8 feet by 2 feet plywood that I prepped by priming them. For the entrance and exit signs, I then taped off a border and painted a coat of dark green acrylic over the surface. When that was dry, I re-taped the sign leaving the border free, and painted 2 coats of gold around the border. I printed out the letters I needed using Harrington in a large point size, cut them out and traced them onto the sign. I first painted the letters with a mixture of light blue and white, then painted over that with a coat of silver. I used foam and wooden snowflakes as stamps and pressed them randomly over the surface of each sign.
For the train sign, I painted over the balloon dog and sketched in a train with charcoal. I then painted it using a variety of reds, greens, black and gold.
Currently based in Ottawa, Ontario, I am a freelance animator and illustrator. I love anything creative: sketching, crocheting, jewelry making, baking. Further designs may be found at my cafepress store, www.cafepress.ca/crowlands. You can follow me on twitter; I'm @cararowlands.
Currently based in Ottawa, Ontario, I am a freelance animator and illustrator. I love anything creative: sketching, crocheting, jewelry making, baking. Further designs may be found at my cafepress store, www.cafepress.ca/crowlands. You can follow me on twitter; I'm @cararowlands.
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