Mural Painting

            Two friends of mine (Reggie and Ajit) and I have been working on a Mural on the white wall that is surrounding the construction area for the new Commons Building. We came up with the idea to do a Mural of our favorite kid’s show, Pokémon.

            The first thing we had to do was fill out an application. In order to do this we made the basic design of our mural. We also had to decide how big it was going to be and where we wanted it. We decided to make it pan across three panels, the reason for this was that we wanted to include the three original starter Pokémon (Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur) and we decided to give each one their own panel. We also put it by the Primary School so that the younger kids could enjoy it, also people will walk past it every day. After we filled out the application, handed it in, and got it accepted, we had the hardest part; actually doing the mural.

            The application part of the process took us about a week to do, and we waited for a week on the acceptance. The “doing” part of the mural has taken us about 3 months so far. We decided to do the mural in steps. The steps we decided on were: outline in pencil, do the basic painting (the colors that filled a large area or were in the background), then do the finer painting markings. So far we have completed the first step and are halfway through the second step. The reason this has taken us so long is because two of us are full IB and we all have lots of extracurricular.

            Despite these setbacks we’re making progress on the mural slow and steady, each time we work on it starts to look better and better. However, with IB exams coming up it’s going to be even harder to find time to work on it. Nevertheless, we’re all determined to finish it, even if we have to come to school for a day after we graduate. We’ve made a pact to make sure it’s finished before we all leave this year. I’m looking forward to spending more time working on it. It’s going to be a great mural when it’s done, and it’s great spending time with my friends before going off to college and not seeing them for a while.