June 15th 2011
Today was the perfect day to paint.
I requested the whole day off weeks ago from my desk job to paint all day.
It happened that a team of IBMers were volunteering to paint the hallways of the facility.
I ended up in a lot of pictures and was part of a really neat thing.
Four classrooms, a playground, hallway, and waiting room
are all getting a special touch this summer!
I have been spending each Saturday and Sunday this month painting!
Here is a following of the first two
classrooms and progress of the project.
Classroom A: Before
Classroom A: After
The teacher and kids specifically asked me to paint a special symbol
from a popular story book familiar to the classroom,
the chikaboom tree.
It's a story about the alphabet marching up a palm tree, causing it
to fall over, leaving the alphabet everywhere. I added the monkey and lion, inspired
from two puzzle pieces I found in the classroom one morning painting, to make it my own.
Classroom B: Before
Classroom B: After
I painted huge green leaves and a little family of birds.
The kids and teacher for this room
asked for an apple tree, that was it,
so I had a lot of creative freedom.
Classroom B: After
Daffodils, bumble bees, and cat tails.
Classroom B: After
A bear catching honey, that is falling from a hive in the tree.
The sign is also interactive,
it's a special paint that allows the
surface to be used as a chalk board.
I told the kids it is their art board now and to draw on it
after they asked how they too could be a good artist one day.
Progress: Almost half way!
Total Time In: 25 hours
Time Remaining: 55-65 hours
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