1.) I would use what artistic abilities I have at my disposal to decorate it, so that
2.) It would be auctioned or sold in a charity event to raise money for the planned Ann Arbor skate park and
3.) It should be done by the end of April.
So, as of last Monday, the 19th of April, I'd not started. I was still trying to figure-out how best to attach watercolor paper to a surface as irregular and rigid as a wood-laminate skateboard deck.
As I may have mentioned before, I've not been down with the acrylics scene since I ran with some during my high school days. We lived fast and loved hard in those frenzied, halcyon days of glistening youth. But I grew up, putting aside the playthings of children and taking up the tools of men. But watercolor, my preferred medium since, has proven to be not without her limitations, God bless her. Not least of which is the hard, cruel fact that she needs-must be confined to dried pulp and will not readily take to finished wooden surfaces.
I bought some acrylics last week (200ml tubes of Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Cobalt Blue, Titanium White, Burnt Umber, and Mars Black) and a super cheap "Bag O' Brushes." I sanded both sides of the deck and decided to paint just the bottom. I had also purchased some Gesso...but ended-up not needing it.
Final results:
