George Middle School

                                   

 Where Education Thrives :)

Hi we are George Middle School students, we are going to be putting up murals to make this amazing school look brighter and better. We are going to be working hard not just for our school but for our neighborhood we want our school to be beautiful and to show that we have lots talented students that are artists at our school. Our school has lots of creative kids with so much potential, now it is our time to show what we are made of and make this school a much brighter place!

Day 1

 Our first day was great we had some really great ideas to make our goal happen. Here are some of the students designing pieces of the mural to get us started.

                                                    

 

Day 2

We are practicing how to trace images off of a projector onto a paper. We did that to practice for when we start the actual project on the cafeteria wall. It went really well and we got lots of new ideas for our mural.

Day 3

We now went on our first adventure off of school grounds. We visited Alberta Street to take a look at the murals that are around for more inspiration. It was great, we got new ideas and even talked to a street artist named Micheal who was painting a bench. He helped us out with advice on what needs to be done and planned when you start a mural.

that's Michael 

Day 4

Today we voted on what text and background we wanted as a class for our mural. It turned out to be an amazing decision... can't wait to show you the final design!

Day 5

  Today was such a great day, We started to mix paint and making sure it was the right shade and texture all of the students were working hard and practiced on a board. It turned out really good we all cant wait for us to start the real project :)

Day 6

Today we are tracing out our final design onto the boards, our project is turning out really great and we are taking it a step further each day. One of the panels are starting to get painted and it's turning out great! :)

Day 7

Here we are, getting into the painting! we are all working hard and you can see it starting to fill in!

Day 8

Here are a few panorama shots of us getting there! 

and sorry to our volunteer who got warped in the middle of the picture! 

(no volunteers were harmed in the making of this mural)

Day 9

The panels are looking pretty good, but its hard to see what to paint next when they are all separate, so, its time to mount them on the wall in the main hallway of our school!

Here are some photos of our teacher John Vance and a few of his helper friends Adam Gross and Corey Knoblaugh working to install the panels!! so exciting!!

cutting the first one!

first one up!

John and Adam taking measurements..

a few more!

here they come!

John takes a few last very important measurements and......

the panels are up!!!

Days 10, 11, 12

now that the panels are up, we can really see what needs to be done to cover up all the unpainted areas!..

here we are laying down on the job..

details..

getting there..

even dwayne from maintenance helps out!

and daniel from maintenance!

details..