The mural at Prairie Trail School is over half way completed. (The mural is unfinished. The images below are of the still-unfinished mural.) I am so happy the referendum went through and that we now have this awesome new structure! I am SO lucky to be a part of it. This has been a wonderful experience, meeting so many wonderful teachers and students. The kid's comments and questions about the mural are awesome! I love working in schools. The most common questions I get are "Is that hard?" "Do you like painting?" "Are you an artist?" "Why are you painting on that wall?" "and "How do you do that?" I LOVE their ideas! Wow. And I always have my answers at the ready, after much practice over the past ten years...starting at AAUW and Spaulding School so long ago. Lake County has welcomed me. :) Below, read about my plans for this mural, which we be completed by the PTS inauguration on May 13th. The mural is still in the under-painting stage. All of the images you see are unfinished, and need many more layers and elements. I work very quickly, don't worry! I have done this mural in a crisp, somewhat realistic style, (different from my artistic style) to reflect the clean architectural elements of this beautiful new building. There will be nine panels across the bottom and on the sides. Each one illustrates an element of the D56 Vision Statement. The words of each statement will be below each image, on a banner. One of the four natural prairie grasses planted at PTS, will frame each image. I like incorporating educational elements into school murals. The school stands in the center with a braided frame and the name of the school above. There will be other little surprises like images leaping from Ipads and the minds of children...and some things I'm not even sure about yet! See more pictures below.
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