{"id":7076,"date":"2009-06-19T22:49:17","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T06:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?p=3944"},"modified":"2009-06-19T22:49:17","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T06:49:17","slug":"painting-a-8-foot-eagle-in-victoria-bc-day-1-at-hto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/painting-a-8-foot-eagle-in-victoria-bc-day-1-at-hto\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting a 8 foot Eagle in Victoria BC &#8211; Day 1 at HtO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3945\" style=\"width: 346px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3945\" href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/painting-a-8-foot-eagle-in-victoria-bc-day-1-at-hto\/victoria-day-1-drew-and-mick\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3945\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3945\" title=\"victoria-day-1-drew-and-mick\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/victoria-day-1-drew-and-mick.jpg\" alt=\"victoria-day-1-drew-and-mick\" width=\"336\" height=\"448\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3945\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mick, Drew and the Fiberglass Eagle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We arrived Victoria Airport this morning and as usual, we had &#8220;Criminal&#8221; stamped on our foreheads and were &#8220;randomly&#8221; chosen for a criminal security check.<\/p>\n<p>I knew Drew should have shaved this morning!<\/p>\n<p>Being last through immigration, we walked out and Noelle and Mick from HtO Surf were <!--more-->two bright, happy faces waiting for us!<\/p>\n<p>Though we&#8217;ve never met in person before today, it was like meeting up with old friends.\u00a0 Noelle and Mick are cool and are definately &#8220;our people&#8221;.\u00a0 (They are generously\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/eagles-in-the-city-painting-live-at-vancouver-island-bc-2009-06-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hosting our trip <\/a>here, and they&#8217;re taking great care of us.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>First, we drove right to HtO Surf Shop so Drew could assess\u00a0what needed to be done to paint this 7-1\/2&#8242; Fiberglass Eagle over the next 3 days<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Some sanding to smooth the surface, a little acetone and elbow grease completed the preparation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drew sketched his concept on\u00a0paper\u00a0before<\/strong> drawing it on with pencil, concentrating on symettry and complementing the shape of it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3953\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3953\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3953\" title=\"victoria-day-1-pencil-on-eagle-and-noelle-of-hto\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/victoria-day-1-pencil-on-eagle-and-noelle-of-hto-250x187.jpg\" alt=\"victoria-day-1-pencil-on-eagle-and-noelle-of-hto\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Noelle observing while Drew sketches<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3949\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3949\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3949\" title=\"victoria-day-1-2\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/victoria-day-1-2-187x250.jpg\" alt=\"victoria-day-1-2\" width=\"187\" height=\"250\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victoria BC Local<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He applied just a little color before Mick and Noelle broke out the beers and called it\u00a0a day.<\/p>\n<p>TOMORROW most of the color will be applied, in front of a rather large audience during a block party on Broad Street.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3950\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3950\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3950\" title=\"victoria-day-1-wiggs\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/victoria-day-1-wiggs-250x187.jpg\" alt=\"victoria-day-1-wiggs\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wigged out after a long day<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3952\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3952\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3952\" title=\"victoria-day-1-yellow-paint-pens\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/victoria-day-1-yellow-paint-pens-250x187.jpg\" alt=\"victoria-day-1-yellow-paint-pens\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3952\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This color completes day 1<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We arrived Victoria Airport this morning and as usual, we had &#8220;Criminal&#8221; 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