Wildground Infants Big Mural
Smiles all round as the project kicks off
Yesterday saw the beginning of a HUGE art project with Wildground Infant School on the edge of the New Forest. Their headteacher, Mrs Mullett, asked about me painting a mural on one of the hall’s walls, but after some discussion it became apparent that we could do something a little more …challenging. We identified an area that ran horizontally across the hall about a metre down from the ceiling that made an impressive space to set the artwork. However, it was too high to paint, and possibly too large as well, so I suggested we created something separately and look into getting it fitted onto the wall once completed.
This meant we didn’t have to do a conventional mural. We could get the children involved to contribute elements of the picture and I could build the artwork in Photoshop. The aim of the finished piece is that it will represent the area in which the children live, following the course of Southampton Water, and feature every single one of them amongst the landmarks.
So my visit yesterday was to ask the children to contribute their part to the artwork. They were all asked to produce a self portrait each, and then each class was given a specific task to draw aspects of different sections, such as boats for the water, local shops and New Forest animals.
There’s an enormous amount of work to do, so I plan to post updates now and then so the children can follow its progress. Better get started then…
Tags: Art Day, Children, Mural, Photoshop, Wildground Infants