Clean up

Clean up! The number one rule of painting is always clean your brushes after use! you wouldnt was old paint rusted into the brush because it would ruin it!

End product of the day :)

Masterminds

Here are some pictures of Erin and I working hard on details to make the mural look even more amazing

Helping Hands

I had no problems asking students to help paint. Everyone was curious on why I choose to do a mural as a project and I must have told my story about 10 times today to different people that asked. Having time to explain my project to others was an awesome time to practice how I want to word things during my presentation.

Ready, Set, PAINT!!!!

Today I started to paint!!!!!!....well only the white background but still I started to paint today! I started with a white base primer that I found at my house because Judy suggested that I started with a layer of that. I just received a call from Blick Art (paint company) that informed me my paint will be here by the end of next week. This is good and bad news...good news because it’s on its way and bad news because my mural won’t be done in time for my presentation. This makes me think I should have found a different source for paint but there is nothing I can do about that now.

Here I am in the art room (THANKS JUDY!) with my projector in place and ready to go:)

Take a Look

Here i am working extra hard to get my mural in motion!!!

TA-DA!

today during my free time I started sketching the bear and skunk image onto the panel I purchased! It was very easy! All I had to do was watch the video that is my guide line on how to make a mural.

These six steps I followed

1. Make copies of image. (one on paper one on transparency)
2. Project image (on panel)
3. Adjust size (so lines on image are easy to see
4. Trace (took about 30 min)
5. Set up drop cloth (reduces messes )
6. PAINT!

*Steps 5 and 6 are on hold until i get the paint, which will be very soon!!!!*

http://www.howcast.com/search?q=How+to+Paint+a+Mural+With+a+Projector

Mail Time!!!

Today I got up a little but earlier to pick up the check at the student activities office, for the paint. I sent the check in the mail to the catalog company. Once that was sent the lady on the phone awhile back said it would take 4-5 business days until it would arrive at my house. The sooner the better though!!!!

Getting Things in Motion

Since I had two free class periods in a row today it seemed like a good time to get things started for the creation of my mural. I first went to the library and signed out a projector and rolled it through the halls all the way to the art wing of the school. Then I asked my dad to drop off the panel at school so I could also store the panel in my art teacher’s room. My teacher is very willing for me to use her room on my free period when she also has free (6^th). So since I have free every other day I will start going to her room to work on my mural!!! Also i photo copied my Bear and Skunk image to a transparency.

*Future Thought* having a post of all supplies used for my mural 

Order Up!

I got a call from John from Cayuga Lumber  today saying that my panel was ready to be picked up! So after I was done with my last class of the day I drove to Cayuga Lumber which took about 15 min. I ended up paying $89.64 for a one long sheet of a panel. We were able to cut into the sheet and I walked away with two sheets of panel! This gives me other ideas for a future mural project over the summer! Wouldn’t that be cool?!

Also I took a video of the guys cutting the panel but I couldn’t figure out how to up load me blog so that why I don’t have it up at the moment. (I need some help)

A forgotten post

I’m working extra hard to make the ending of my project less stressful as possible. Therefore I am trying to get organized with things I should have done during my project instead of now. So since I’m making up for lost time I was looking through my blog for links/ people that I could use when I get my Bibliography & Research Commentary started. After looking at all my posts I have done this year for my project I found this link from Howcast.com that should have been posted but wasn’t. There was no writing in the draft post just the link so I must have forgotten about it. WHOOPS!

Well since I have it now let me explain why this link is so important. Since I am not an artist I needed a way to transfer my image for paper to a panel. One day I was looking through different videos to see different ways I could do that and this one looked the easiest ;) when I do my mural I will do different posts to explain how I am doing things like in the video. At this time in my project I am looking into video posts and little notes to explain in more detail. I also have to keep in mind that my video posts cant drag on forever because I wouldn’t want to bore my readers.

http://www.howcast.com/search?q=How+to+Paint+a+Mural+With+a+Projector

If they wont, I will

The first time I called Cayuga Lumber they said that they would call me on Monday to give me my total. Well Monday rolled around….no call so I called them and asked them if they figured out a price range for my panel, and they replied that they will call me back in an hour. Well more than an hour rolled around and no call. So I called and finally they connected me to John who is the guy that helped Mary Beth when she needed a panel.

He told me that the panel that I need (that is approved my school district) is a fire retartent , and  formaldehyde free panel which costs $93. It will arrive in about a week so when that gets in my hands I have to start right away. Time is very limited!

Ms. M

Just like every Tuesday I have to put in a little extra effort to get out of bed to attend my weekly mentor meeting. I forgot my coffee today so that set my day off on the wrong foot. But after my mentor meeting it made my day a little better. Infect that’s why I love my mentor, she know exactly what to say to make me feel better and she is always cracking jokes.  I told Ms. M where I am with the panel and the paint…which are both being ordered at the moment. We talked about a future fundraiser for extra money and she said the sooner the better, so that is one of my goals to get done before the panel and paint arrive. So that’s pretty much it. I need to get a little more money to afford both the paint and the panel….but no worries I can get it doneJ

Woops!!

As I was checking my email today I saw that I had a conformed order for my paint. And good thing I checked it because I forgot to order yellow! This was a huge concern for my project because I am want to include my school colors in my mural which are red and gold. Well there was no “gold” color in the catalog and the closest to gold is yellow. So I got on the phone again to add to my order which now brings my total to $53.11….and the panel is around 90ish dollars so I need to look into getting more money to afford both paint and the panel.

This is a mistake I made in my project, which I knew I was going to at some point, good thing it wasn’t a threatening mistake to my project! PHEW!

Car Ride

 After school I drove to Cayuga Lumber and asked about the panel that Mary Beth told me to order. This panel is ICSD approved....it’s because it’s fire resistant or whatever the guy called it. Oh yeah, that guy name is Mike and he was very helpful with helping me figure out exactly what I need. He said he will talk to the people where he got one for Mary Beth and give me a call on Monday to let me know my total and the size they will order for me. They said that they will cut the panel there for demotions of my panel…..which I don’t know them yet, I should get on that!

HURRY HURRY HURRY

Ms. M was very excited to hear that i ordered paint for the mural last night. She was also very pleased to see that I’m moving along with my mural and not waiting around for answers. We made a goal of the week and that is to have the image itself on a panel by the end of next week. So this means I have to hurry up and order a panel and get the image on it in less than 10 days!!!!!!