Day 2 on the wall.
Debbie, Jayne, & Arin met at the wall during the probation office’s lunch hour. They close up and turn off the lights during the noon hour, which is the perfect time to use an opaque projector to project the kids’ drawings onto the wall. The darker the room the better. Only problem was that the room wasn’t large enough because the projector had to be set back far enough to get the sketches to fit properly on the wall.
They managed to get the first third of the mural on the wall to get it started with the correct proportions. After that, it was sketched on by hand using the graphed mural sketch. They managed to do a pretty good job and in short order too. Black sharpie markers were used to do the drawings. From the photos it may be hard to see the lines, as they are rather fine from a distance.
Tomorrow, the five kids join the artists at 9 a.m. sharp to start painting. A quick lesson in paint mixing and brush handling will be first on the agenda. The kids and artists will paint until around noon and then more painting on Friday. Hopefully they’ll finish by then. Debbie, Jayne, and Arin will do final touch-ups and embellishments to top off the mural.
Again….stay tuned.
Arin and Jayne sketching out the mural.
Debbie concentrating on mural graph.
It’s hard to see, but their a couple of trees with a unicorn in there!
Red Tree with sun on top, and closeup of flower tree, bottom.
