Progress! Love it!

Scenes from the Mosaic Project

 Beach Colors

Tree Colors

Island- Trees, Green Forests and Grassy Areas

If every week was like this week...

Michelle Orne and I worked late after the kids left on Tuesday.  We realized the kids are tired of working on green and blue trees and we needed to look at the work vertically to get a sense we are heading in the right direction.  We were pleased with the progress but also recognized we had a huge amount to go! BUT...we accomplished a lot during our work session and 

if we make gains like this every week I think we will be in good shape!

Before-

  It is hard to see but the entire design in drawn out on the panels with pencil.  We only painted sections the kids were working on.  Trees, Trees, Trees!

After-

We added Sherman's Cove to our design to balance the composition.  Michelle stayed longer and painted  the islands,  horizon line and clouds.    Thank you Michelle!   It is nice to see the design with color and see the horizon line so clear.  Now that the outlines are in place kids can start adding beaches,  rocks and grassy areas.  Wooooo Hoooooo!

The birds you see are drawn on white drawing paper and taped to the panels.   Soon we will find their perfect size,  shape and placement and draw them on!  


Lastly, we have about 50 students working on this but would love more participation throughout the winter and spring.  Teachers are welcome too!

New Schedule!

February is right around the corner and June is not far away.  A pleasant thought when it is 1 degree outside but scary when you have a 100 square ft. mosaic to complete!

Work sessions  students can attend-

Monday-Friday  Schooner  time 10-10:50

Friday after school until 3:15

Movin' forward

Last week I met with Michael Roy to go over how this mammoth mosaic is going to be hung on our cafeteria wall.  I was also concerned by the buckling that does not seem to subside in some of the panels.  After our meeting, the weight of the world was lifted from my shoulders.   Michael shared his plan on how we will mount a steel track on the wall and he will set up a meeting soon with Rockport Steel to go over plans and schedule a site visit.   THANK YOU MICHAEL!    Oh, and the buckling?   The weight of the tiles might cure it or a simple c-clamp might do the trick but, just in case,  Michael is creating a "simple"  aluminum frame to mount on the back to straighten everything.   Do you see why I felt so relieved after this meeting?

Last week we also finished the blue outlines of the trees!    Everyone is working on the green interior and sights have been set to work on grassy area, beach and dare I say...clouds?

Pictures are worth a thousand words!

Workshops

By next week we will have three wok sessions up and running-

Monday-  Schooner Time

Tues/Wednesday-  Schooner Time

Friday- After School until 3:15

Students can sign up down in the art room!    I would ask that each student make a commitment of 1 quarter!