Tennessee Dreams Can Am by Bill Guimbellot


These are the materials I used to create the mural on the hood of this 2011 Can Am Spyder. US Cutter vinyl cutter, Iwata High Performance plus airbrush, House of Kolor paints - White, Molly Orange, Lemon Yellow, Solar Gold Met- alic, Pegan Gold Kandy, Tangerine Kandy, True Blue Pearl, Stratto Blue Metalic, Organic Green Kandy, Sherwood Pearl, Planet Green Metalic, Lime Time Pearl, and Black. I also used 800 grit wet/dry sandpaper. I took some paper and freely ripped to use as shields to use for misting in rock formations.


I prep the hood by first cleaning with a wax and degreaser. We are using the exist- ing base color of the bike (silver), so I just need to scuff the clear in order for the paint to have something to bite and hold to. I scuff the hood with 800 grit sandpa- per, after I clean again to insure I remove all unwanted trash material from the sur- face of the hood. I place a basic vinyl paint mask eagle on the hood and clean once again to remove any oils from contact of my hands and hood. I tack the hood off right before painting.


I begin the painting by laying down some rough free- hand rocks. I continue to define the rocks some with homemade shield made from paper until I am happy with the basic black background. The shields are made from basic computer paper that I ripped to provide me


the rough edge for the rocks in the waterfall. Be careful to not over do the black, I just put the black down where I want the shadows to be basically.


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