The Australian Bah-B-Q T shirt

There are about 73 million sheep in Australia and out of those 16 have qualified to adorn the latest creation from BahBah4U, the Australian Bah-B-Q shirt.

This is the coolest Tee around at the moment and it comes in many shapes and form, Muscle Tshirt, Men’s Slim Tee, Regular, Classic, Tank Top, Promo and yes you can actually have the design on your coffee mug.

The Australian designer Hans B’s. inspiration came from the Silence of the Lambs, no, not the movie but the silence of a flock of sheep he saw on a recent trip to the outback of Australia. They were all lined up, they were all looking at him so the idea of the Bah-B-Q was born.

However, I almost did not get away with it. The Six Teen Sheep were keen to put a few facts right as they said and I had to promise them to present “their case” on the internet and to do that I was graciously permitted to keep the profits from the sale of the t shirts to cover the cost of internet promotion. You’ll find the Australian Bah-B-Q tshirt by clicking here.

And here is the start of their story;

Our first impression of the bloke who stopped by one day outside our paddock was that here was a serious artist that wanted to paint us for posterity. We were quite happy to “pose” for him and he departed on good terms. He did not mention the fact that he intended to use the drawing on a tshirt. We have since agreed to that. Whilst we are not entirely happy with his choice of website name, www.bahbah4u.toctopus.com we have accepted that and are moving forward.

“Our  version”

The sheep says: Yes, we are all in on this, all 16 of us. We live down Cunnamulla way where we grass on a big property.

A while ago this car drove up and parked just in front of the fence. Out came a gentleman with a drawing board. He actually talked to us but none of understood what he was saying but we sort of nodded so I presume he took that for a yes and proceeded to draw us.

As we were all standing in a line we had to look over each others shoulders to catch a glimpse of his work and we were rather pleased when he attempted to show us the result but at the same time, silly as we are sometimes, we all ran away and, by the time we stopped and turned around he was gone! Just like that! Anyway,we were all in agreement that we wanted to be in on the drawing so hopefully we will see the result some time soon. Our little group of 16, (we call ourselves Six Teen Sheep) shall keep a look-out for passing tourists in case they are wearing “our” T-shirt. 

Remember Tennessee Ernie Ford and his signature song; Sixteen Tons ?

Here is “our” version.

 We were born one morning when the sun didn’t shine,

We stood up on shakylegs  and yes, felt fine.

We are  Six Teen Sheep and  happy as few

And we love our mother, the big fat yew !

.Of course, let’s be fair and let Mr. Sander give his view as well;  As you can see he was driven by a commercial interest whilst we want “to make history”

The Crevasse – Making of 3D Street Art

www.metanamorph.com In Dun Laoghaire the “Festival of World Culture” took place from 21. to 24. of August 2008. Edgar Müller has followed the invitation and continued his series of large-sized 3D Street Art there. For this year’s Festival of World Cultures renowned German street painting artist Edgar Müller transformed a huge slice of the East Pier into a dramatic ice age scene. This project was supported by the Goethe Institution Germany.

Custom Painted Murals Vs Transfer Murals Vs Vinyl Murals

The Various Types of Painted Murals

It’s not simple to point the differences between the single types of wall painted murals that you find online. The truth is that vinyl murals and wallpaper can appear very similar to a rub on transfer mural. But there is obviously a difference, as you may surmise. What will it appear like in my home? And should I worry about that difference?

Vinyl murals can appear spectacular. There are plenty of them out there. Frequently they are repositionable, but only the fixed cling murals are EASY to shift. These painted murals are great for a kids room, but they will not last very long if your child likes to stick and re-stick them. That may be exactly what you are searching for, a temporary fun manner to decorate your walls. Vinyl painted mural can come in solid colorings and elementary forms like circles or colorful models. Some are impressed, full color, true-to-life designs. In fact, vinyl murals were my option when we were determining on what material to apply for our murals. The fixed hang were a cinch to put up. They are commonly smooth shapes. It wasn’t so good to get the ripples out of the standard vinyl murals. They are similar to vinyl wall quotes. Removal? Just peel off. Pretty simple. You may necessitate to repaint if the mural is up for a long time and your paint evanesces, but they are not usually up that long in a youngster’s room!

Now what about transfer wall paintings? How do they work? Transfer painted murals are merely impressed layers of non-toxic ink and a fine just tacky sticky on the side that goes on your wall. There is no vinyl needed. They are merely “printed on” the transfer sheet, which splits them from the mural when you hang-up it on the wall. The mural is just like fine layers of pigment that you polish (rub) off the transfer sheet, virtually like a tattoo for your wall. You never need to remove transfer murals because they are as thin as a pelage of paint. You merely want to paint over them!

Transfer painted murals are a good product. They capture all brush stroke in impressive detail and in in particular areas, shades can be made translucent, so your wall color mixes with the gray shadow to make the trick that this was painted directly on your wall. This is only done in areas where translucency adds to the effect of mixing into your wall. Add that quality to the thin as paint, tattoo-like consolidation into your wall surface and you can start to see why in many applications you would want to apply a transfer painted mural. When applied to irregular or even textured walls this fine product pressures right into the grooves and once more looks like it was painted in that location!

In addition, transfer wall paintings are good to operate with. They furbish onto your wall by rubbing the painted mural away the transfer paper. Removal? Though they don’t just peel off, special thin non-bleeding, non-toxic inks are applied so that the painted murals can be painted over, merely like you would do over a custom painted mural. We have painted and reapplied murals for display/photography intentions and they merely melt under a coat of paint. With transfer murals you don’t need to remove and wash off the wallpaper paste; unlike vinyl wallpapers.

What are the other merits of painted mural transfer? Ah, one of the strongest qualities is that you can layer and even slice designs. A sheet of common ivy can be fixed into a wreath or cascade around a door frame. This permits your design to be specific to your house. Without a dip of sloppy paint, you can make a custom look.

But kids room is not the single spot where you can use mural transfers. They are semi-matte, with no border AT ALL. Some people may even suppose that you hired an artist to paint your wall. They will place their hand over them to see if they can find a difference. They will consider it’s an astounding painted mural.

Transfer murals are a great product to test, but vinyl has some good qualities too. They are similar in cost and both are much less expensive than a custom painted mural! It is worth it to sample these painted murals. You will be baffled at what modern printing technology can contribute you in mural design. Painted murals, transfer or vinyl, are an low-cost and implausibly fun and repaying manner to beautify your walls and add unique style to your house.


If you want to know more about painted murals, visit this website for great vinyl and transfer painted murals.

Other websites worth checking:

The Various Types of Painted Murals

Watercolor: History Of Watercolor Paintings

The popularity of watercolor remains to this day. It is the most widely used medium as far as users are concerned and it is the subject of so many studies, development, and enhancements. During the renaissance though, more popular mediums like oils and its derivatives eclipsed the use of watercolor in more exacting art renditions. This is so because watercolor mixes are less stable than its coloring counterparts are. Watercolor tends to fade very fast with time. To top this, pigments especially in the blue hues easily flakes and become powdery and cannot hold its color for very long. The brilliance that are the main beauty of watercolor painting pales easily when exposed to light over a period of time unlike oils and acrylics.

No matter the shortcomings, watercolor was experimented and in fact used by masters too many to mention here. For commercial viability though, watercolor fails and so oils and acrylics were preferred as it commands a higher price. Even in today’s art auctions, seldom are watercolor prints sold except maybe when works of Wassily Kandisky, Pol Ledent, and their contemporaries are placed on the block and these are 20th century artists. Nonetheless, watercolor held its own. It did not become passé. It stayed in the background neither relegated to the forgotten category and neither very popular.

When book printing started on a grander scale, watercolor as a tool of illustration was the main, medium used. It is inexpensive, portable, light maintenance and the most practical. In the middle of the 18th century, watercolor use saw its initial revival, a rebirth people say. Its use became popular in the nobility and the bourgeois. Nonetheless, artists and illustrators late into this period still buy and mix their own pigments and the pigments come mostly in primary colors. This was the time that manufacturers and inventors started taking a second notice of its potential and market appeal.

Indeed watercolor pigments were developed. It still retained its basic pigments but a different binder, moist retainer, and plasticizer were included and modified. Today, watercolor has four levels of light fastness to choose from where it has very minimal durability to light compared to before. Paper was also developed. Were an ordinary white paper will suffice previously, there are now papers that are manufactured solely for watercolor purposes from the inexpensive watercolor specialty papers to the lint free papers of different grades. The quality is further enhanced when done on top quality archival paper. Today also, watercolor art can outlast oil and acrylic because of these recent technological developments adopted in its manufacture.

Until recent developments, the history of watercolor paintings has taken a long nap if you will. No matter, it is and remains a very wonderful medium to work on. Different challenges maybe but so are the rewards.