Here are a few pics of the two mural panels after our marathon day of painting. We began painting at about 10:00 and left at 6:00. Not bad for one day's work eh?
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| Kayla begins to pack up the paint. Where are all the lids?? |
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| 6:00 pm on MLK day. A few loose ends are left but we got to a good stopping point since all the wall spaces have some color. |
A few days later Kayla and I went back to the community center to spruce up the mural and make it look a bit more cohesive. We added some details in the prairie, outlined some muddled shapes to make them more defined, and tried to find ways to join the bottom of the mural, which was painted by little kids, with the top of the mural which was painted by older youth and adults. We ended up with something that looked quite modern in terms of painting- very Matisse I would say. We didn't want to spend too long perfecting the paintings because we wanted to make sure all the work the kids did was the strongest presence.
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| I can't stop painting and finding more details to obsess over. Good thing there's a limit to how long me and Kayla can stay! |
Here are a few pics of the mural in its most finished state. I think it looks pretty great and the kids and parents were definitely happy with how it turned out. As we left the room we said good night to the creatures we hoped would come alive in their new home (when no one was looking of course!)
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| Kayla changed the raccoon's face from looking like it was overtired to looking curious and wise. Excellent! |
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| Detail of upper right of mural panel 1 |
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| Detail of upper right on panel 1 |
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| Fox Panel completed |
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| A view of the whole as best as I could capture |
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