Mural Mosaic Project

Today in art we didn't do any work. Instead we talked about the end of the year project that we are going to start soon. The project that if we fail we also fail the class. Mrs. S says that she is thinking of not giving us ANYMORE HOMEWORK for the rest of the year so that we can focus on this. That shows how big this project is. It is going to be challenging, but I am actually really excited about it.

We are going to paint a big mural dinosaur for our school. Our school mascot is a dino (it's a big T Rex kind of think), so we are going to paint a big dino, in blue (our school color) to hang in the gym. However it is not only going to be a mural, but also a mosaic. For those of you who do not know what a mosaic is: it is a picture put together with little tiles.

Here is an example of what we are doing. It's really cool. Ours will be like this, but a dinosaur instead of a horse, and since we have only 11 art students plus one teacher rather than like 50 proffesional artist, ours will be on a much smaller and less detailed scale. In fact this example makes me feel quite inferior. But it will still be a fun project. And the fact that our art will be hanging in the school for as long as it lasts is a pretty cool thought. It will be there when my younger siblings go there!

Take time to look at some of the little paintings and you will get an idea of how awesome it is! I especially like the horses nose, hooves, ears, and eye (if nothing else, look at the eye!) Not all of them, but many of the little pictures also have little examples that show you what that tile looked like when it was just a regualr horse, and unaltered by the artist. They did an amazing job turning a little section of nothing into something lovely that helps make up the entire work.

The fact that we are painting scares me a bit. Painting is not my strong point, and basically I will be learning it as I go along. At least you can easily cover mistakes with paint. Also since we are such a small class we will have to each do at least two or three tiles. Our teacher said that she will do some too to help us out. The school is paying for all of the supplies, so that is not a worry. Everything else in that class we usually pay for ourselves. If it was an assignment from our teacher we would have to pay for it, but we were asked to do it for the school.

So yeah, obviously I am really pleased with this assignment. Especially if it means no other assignments for the rest of the year! But I will stop babbling about it now. I hope you all at least somewhat enjoy it as much as I do. :)