Whatever I ended up painting on it, I knew that I was going to age the hell out of. First I painted the base coat white:
I mulled over this project for months. I just couldn't put my finger on exactly what i wanted to paint. Definitely wanted a Pittsburgh flavor, so I looked into old local busineses. Pittsburgh Brewing & Heinz, for example, but I wasn't really feeling anything.
The next step was painting the sign black, as you can see here:
I really wanted this thing to look like we cut it right off of a barn. The more I thought about it, the more simple I wanted it to be. Big thick lines, bold paint, old timey, and ultimately I didn't want to paint someone elses design. After researching Ghost Signs (one of my favorite subjects), I came up with this:
Love the old school fancy type of a Ghost Sign! The number "12" is our address, and not only is Black, Gold and White totally Pittsburgh, but you see a lot of it in old signage.
Scaled it, printed it, and pieced together the paper for one big stencil:
Cut then traced with a pencil:
Traced back over the pencil marks with a White Deco paint pen:
Painted in the White, and traced the Gold parts, also with a Deco paint pen:
Thats where we stand right now... Check back soon for more!
