At long last, after tons of setbacks and a whole lot of hard work the Little Tree Preschool mural project is complete. It turned into a major pain when most of the people that volunteered to help were a no show but the friendships that formed between the rest of us that worked out butts off was well worth it. The preschool staff and kids are very happy with it so mission accomplished.

AnnaMaria, Taiki, Karl, and I went back out to the Little Tree Preschool to work on the Art Alliance mural project and we are almost done. Woohoo! Here's a bunch of close ups along with working shots so you can appreciate our mural up close and personal.   The Little Tree Preschool looks cute with the mural on the side.  10/08/2011

Karl and I made more progress on the mural. I can't believe how long it's taken to get this far. The weather is almost always against us. It's either too rainy and the paint runs or it's too hot and we get sick. I should have made all the people that signed up to help with this project sign some sort of contract. Oh well. I'm determined to complete this project. It's been a major learning experience. Summer is almost done and it's looking pretty cute.   Karl working on the tree line. He's almost always assigned [...]

Our mural features the four seasons of the year with bear and rabbit characters. Summer and spring are mostly complete. Today Karl worked on applying the second coat of green to the treeline while Taiki, Katrina, AnnaMaria, and I began painting the fall and winter scenes. We spent about five hours working on the mural before the heat depleted us. It's been slow and uncomfortable work thank to the hot summer sun shining down on the metal building. We have to take lots of hydration breaks to avoid becoming heat sick. We've learned a lot while working on this project. [...]

This year's homecoming theme is Paint the Town Red. AnnaMaria came up with an excellent design and is doing a fantastic job with the banner itself. Karl made the frame. Great job everyone!