Designing & Painting Ceramic Tile MURAL - SEDONA Red Rock Crossing Cathedral Rock Sedona, Arizona

PROCESS of creating and painting a DIY ceramic tile MURAL. 5 X 11 (4" Tiles) 55 TILES TOTAL painted on bisque fired tiles and then FIRED again... Before & AFTER. Then installation into stucco outdoor wall. MURAL is visible through the patio windows in the home and facing in the same direction as the Sedona location. Red Rock Crossing in Sedona, Arizona also known as Cathedral Rock.
Sketched out on EACH TILE to match the tile next to each one to create large MURAL. Ceramic paint does not look like the COLOR before it is FIRED. Used ceramic paint and the following # number of SHADES EACH in the following COLORS:
BLUE - 1 (SKY)
PURPLE - 3 (WATER)
GREEN - 6 (PLANTS BUSHES & BRUSH)
RED - 4 (ROCKS)
ORANGE - 8 (ROCKS)
BROWN - 6 (TREES & ROCKS)
TAN - 4 (ROCKS)
GRAY - 4 (ROCKS)
WHITE -1 (CLOUDS & WATER)
BLACK - (SIGNATURE)
Red Rock Crossing in Sedona, Arizona also known as Cathedral Rock. This is a very special & sacred location for me. I have been here with many friends and our entire wedding party, less the flower girls. We took a LIMO here on our wedding day. Usually we park on the other side and hike in and along Oak Creek.
I have been going to Sedona, Arizona since I was 16 years old. Now over 40 years. I took my first love there in college 1989. Years later, I went there on my first date with my new boyfriend, who later turned out to be my beloved husband in 2004. We were married IN Sedona at the Church of the Red Rocks, not the famous tourist church also nearby. LIFELONG Friends from across the country joined us for the celebration. Followed by TOUR to the Grand Canyon....SEE VIDEO.
When my health began turning in 2007, I created this mural for my mother. My step-dad later installed this ceramic TILE mural at their home in the wall in the side garden. We were able to see this tile mural through the patio door windows. Originally got this IDEA as my mother has a few ceramic tile murals from Mexico in her garden and grows pyracantha around it. My youngest brother gave me my favorite comment and said, "Looks like a Kindergartner painted that!!" I said, "THANK YOU" and felt especially honored.
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A Certain Shade of Blue (Instrumental Version) Paper Twins
Won't Die Young - Brett Gregory
River is Gonna Cry When You're Gone - Loving Caliber copy (2X)
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