Eric Buechel - Painting Seurat

Eric Buechel painting a mural of "Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges-Pierre Seurat (1859 - 1891) on one of the dining room floors of his restaurant/coffee shop, The Artist Corner in Crossville, Tennessee.

http://www.theartistcorneronline.com/

Music: Parting of the Ways - Part 2 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

This video is copyright (C) 2009 David A. Hatfield, Photographer.

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[flyingscience]

Since this Flooral will have a lot of of traffic , did you use any special brands of paint or protection ?

[dave8foto]

I'm not the artist, I'm his photographer. He does have a special technique for this type of painting. I've asked him to reply.

[weezerman2002]

Eric your cafe paintings look amazing!

[ericwithabrush]

I use a commercial grade acrylic paint and dyes on the surface with a mixture of liquid plastic to create depth to the surface and durability. In addition I put 6 to 8 coats of a tinted water based polyurethane over each layer followed at the end by three oil based poly coats. The actual physical depth of the surface reached 1/16 of an inch. The smoky look within the layers is caused by mixing the more fluid dyes over the acrylic paints creating the hazy effect in certain areas.