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

Approved!!!!!!

 When I went into the main office today I was able to pick up my sketch of the mural and I was very relieved to see that it was approved!!!!! After I got the wonderful news I went home to order paint from a company called BLICK art materials and I was able to get a catalog from my art teacher Judy. She said that this type of paint would be good for murals and she used it when she did a mural a few years back.

The types of colors I got were, Blackout White, Mars Black, Bright Red, Burnt Sienna, and Fluorescent Yellow. I got these in all Quart Size Jugs and my art teacher said that would be more than enough.

So in order to pay for these I’m going to have to hold another fundraiser YAYYYY! :/ I was thinking popsicles after school outside sometime soon. Also I met with my class officers and they said that they will match what I make (up to $50) and then I could raise even more money to maybe pay for some new brushes!!!! 

Yes or NO?

Today I had a 2:00 meeting with my principal to discuss approval of the bear and skunk sketch. It came to no surprise that he was dealing with a "situation", and he couldn't spare me any time. So he told me to drop off the sketch to a secretary and he would look at it over the weekend. I'll know on Monday if the sketch has been approved or not. Great =/

Red flag 6

How much time did you spend on your project?
this has been a really bad week for me with this project. my friend erin who is now doing the sketch will have it done tomorrow before my meeting with Mr. Mills. I am still stressing about it because its not set in stone and i still need to think about things that could go wrong (like her being sick tomorrow:X !) Also today after school i plan to stop at some Hardware stores to see about the cost of paint so that i would say would take about 2 hours.
So in total i would say i spent 45 min meeting with Ms. M, I'm guessing 45 min with Mr. Mills (thats what it has been in the past) 4 hours in total working on editing my blog and the rest of the time stressing about getting things approved. UGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What did you do that was hands on? 
Paint cost shopping and talking to Mary Beth (library mural) about seeing if i could use some of her scrap panels that she has left over

What research did you do?
Tomorrow i will know who to contact about getting my image approved and location

Did you meet with your mentor? What did you talk about?
Yes i met with M.s M and we mainly talked about what i should ask Mr. Mills during my meeting tomorrow and that i need to get my image approved ASAP!!!!!

Do you have at least 3 journal entries?
Yes, i have them written out, and i will get to that this weekend

Were you in class this week?
Yeppp:)

What are your plans for next week?
talking to the people i need to in order to get my mural approved, and if that happens paint shopping. i dont want to buy pain until the image is approved and set in stone.

This is not an April Fools Joke!!!!!

Mr. Mills signed the mural serve sheet!!!!!! I had a meeting with him today to inform him that a decision has to be made about which image is going to be used in the mural, and that the project cannot go any furthur until the sheet is signed by him. He understood, and signed it. As he was signing it, I felt the relief wash over me. Finally, some real progress is being made.

Opportunity For Community Mural Painting

Today when I saw my mentor in the hallway, she told me she had an exciting opportunity for me. When she was reading a newspaper, she found an article about our county public library wanting help from teens in the community for a mural painting project at the library. The design of the mural is still in the process of completion, but there is an idea development session that will be held in the library in the programming room from 3 - 4:30 pm on March 13th. I called the Youth Services Department to register my name to attend this meeting.

Big Man on Campus

On February 28th I scheduled a meeting with my principal after school. It ended up being just a quick 5-minute meeting, because of a conflict he had. I was able to ask him two important questions. I asked him who I should talk to in order to get my project going. He responded by telling me that I need to talk to my class supervisor, Mr. Mal, because the mural involves my class and has to be approved by him.
I also asked my principal if there are any places where he think would be a good spot for me to put my mural. He brought up a very good point. He warned me that if I were to consider putting my mural on a wall, there is a  chance that it could be painted over someday, like an old mural from our auditorium. He suggested an alternative for me, and that was to have platforms that would hang in our senior courtyard for seniors to paint during their graduating year. This is a great idea, because it won't get painted over, and when there are class reunions we will be able to display it.
I plan to schedule another meeting with my principal in the next week to get more information about this idea, and see if there is a possibility of me doing it for my project.