hi, it's me again.....

anyway, one of my daughters christmas presents was to paint her rooms
ceiling to whatever she wanted (within limits). she decided on blue sky
with a rainbow corssing it.

got the paint, got the blue up, but am a bit stuck as how to lay out
the rainbow. was thingking of approx 4 inch bands for each color, but
the room bein rectangular, we cant lay out a circular arc, nor do i
know of a way of doing 10'x5' elipses easily. I suppose i could do the
string and two points thing, but i got a hunch that any string i use
will end up stretching too much.

and is the red on the inside or the outside?

"Tater" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> hi, it's me again.....
>
> anyway, one of my daughters christmas presents was to paint her rooms
> ceiling to whatever she wanted (within limits). she decided on blue sky
> with a rainbow corssing it.
>
> got the paint, got the blue up, but am a bit stuck as how to lay out
> the rainbow. was thingking of approx 4 inch bands for each color, but
> the room bein rectangular, we cant lay out a circular arc, nor do i
> know of a way of doing 10'x5' elipses easily. I suppose i could do the
> string and two points thing, but i got a hunch that any string i use
> will end up stretching too much.
>
> and is the red on the inside or the outside?
>
It'll never look right on the ceiling. You can never get under a rainbow.

Having said that- the traditional non-artist way is to mock up the art on
graph paper, then transfer the key points to wall or ceiling with pencil
marks and 2 tape measures to find the grid points. You then freehand,
ever-so-lightly, in pencil, between the marks, and paint over. A long PITA.
Sorta like how comic strip artists draw comics, starting with a rough pencil
sketch, and then inking over. If you have, or can borrow (or buy at
goodwill), a old-style slide or opaque projector, that is a quick way to
cheat- project the art on the wall, and trace it directly.

I'd paint the long wall in the same blue, and do the rainbow on that, and
then add some rag-roll clouds and birds to the ceiling. It'll give a much
better effect.

This sounds like a good parent-daughter bonding experience- and if you foul
it up too bad, you can always paint over and try again. My brother, who had
actual art training, did similar murals (rainbow in one, desert sunset in
the other), freehand, in both my little sister's bedrooms. I made sure to
take slides of them when that house got sold, since I'm sure the new owner
painted over them.


aem sends...

If you could get an overhead projector/proxima you could view a rainbow
image on the ceiling and paint it that way. google images is the way to
go to find the rain bow you want.

Pat

komobu wrote:
> If you could get an overhead projector/proxima you could view a rainbow
> image on the ceiling and paint it that way. google images is the way to
> go to find the rain bow you want.
>
> Pat

best d@## idea yet, i knew someone could help me out.

now where did i put the opaque projector....

On 30 Dec 2006 22:09:33 -0800, "Tater" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>hi, it's me again.....
>
>anyway, one of my daughters christmas presents was to paint her rooms
>ceiling to whatever she wanted (within limits). she decided on blue sky
>with a rainbow corssing it.
>
>got the paint, got the blue up, but am a bit stuck as how to lay out
>the rainbow. was thingking of approx 4 inch bands for each color, but
>the room bein rectangular, we cant lay out a circular arc, nor do i
>know of a way of doing 10'x5' elipses easily. I suppose i could do the
>string and two points thing, but i got a hunch that any string i use
>will end up stretching too much.
>
>and is the red on the inside or the outside?

Put clouds with the rainbows. Rainbow alone will get old very
quick, but clouds will appeal forever.

On 30 Dec 2006 22:09:33 -0800, "Tater" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>hi, it's me again.....
>
>anyway, one of my daughters christmas presents was to paint her rooms
>ceiling to whatever she wanted (within limits). she decided on blue sky
>with a rainbow corssing it.
>
>got the paint, got the blue up, but am a bit stuck as how to lay out
>the rainbow. was thingking of approx 4 inch bands for each color, but
>the room bein rectangular, we cant lay out a circular arc, nor do i
>know of a way of doing 10'x5' elipses easily. I suppose i could do the
>string and two points thing, but i got a hunch that any string i use
>will end up stretching too much.
>
>and is the red on the inside or the outside?

Sometimes there are double rainbows, with the colors inverted in the
second one. I"ve seen it. But when there is a single rainbow I
forget what color is on top.

I think you're going to have to put part of it on two walls, maybe
crossing a third, and only part on the ceiling, fairly near one edge.

If the graph paper or overhead projector things don't work, you might
be able to find aerosol rainbow paint, where the colors come out of
one nozzle in the right order. AFter all, they have toothpaste with
stripes coming out of one nozzle.

Here is one of the absolute best rainbows I've ever seen. It has
the clouds, deep blue sky color, and, boy, what a
rainbow!!!!!!!!!!
<http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060619-rainbow-fire.html>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DanG
A live singing Valentine,
the most romantic thing you can do with your clothes on
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http://www.singingvalentines.com/ (national)


"mm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 30 Dec 2006 22:09:33 -0800, "Tater" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>hi, it's me again.....
>>
>>anyway, one of my daughters christmas presents was to paint her
>>rooms
>>ceiling to whatever she wanted (within limits). she decided on
>>blue sky
>>with a rainbow corssing it.
>>
>>got the paint, got the blue up, but am a bit stuck as how to lay
>>out
>>the rainbow. was thingking of approx 4 inch bands for each
>>color, but
>>the room bein rectangular, we cant lay out a circular arc, nor
>>do i
>>know of a way of doing 10'x5' elipses easily. I suppose i could
>>do the
>>string and two points thing, but i got a hunch that any string i
>>use
>>will end up stretching too much.
>>
>>and is the red on the inside or the outside?
>
> Sometimes there are double rainbows, with the colors inverted in
> the
> second one. I"ve seen it. But when there is a single rainbow I
> forget what color is on top.
>
> I think you're going to have to put part of it on two walls,
> maybe
> crossing a third, and only part on the ceiling, fairly near one
> edge.
>
> If the graph paper or overhead projector things don't work, you
> might
> be able to find aerosol rainbow paint, where the colors come out
> of
> one nozzle in the right order. AFter all, they have toothpaste
> with
> stripes coming out of one nozzle.

Tater wrote:
> hi, it's me again.....
>
> anyway, one of my daughters christmas presents was to paint her rooms
> ceiling to whatever she wanted (within limits). she decided on blue sky
> with a rainbow corssing it.
>
> got the paint, got the blue up, but am a bit stuck as how to lay out
> the rainbow. was thingking of approx 4 inch bands for each color, but
> the room bein rectangular, we cant lay out a circular arc, nor do i
> know of a way of doing 10'x5' elipses easily. I suppose i could do the
> string and two points thing, but i got a hunch that any string i use
> will end up stretching too much.
>
> and is the red on the inside or the outside?
>
I know wallpaper makers have rainbow borders, but I think they are not
curved. If you want something curved, try an online search for rainbow
murals, which will probably produce all kinds of kits you could use.