- Ball's Bluff Elementary School
- School Mural
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School Mural Project!Here it is! Our finished Mural! Completed in the Spring of 2007!"Ball's Bluff Elementary... Creating Tomorrow's Tigers!"Thanks toAaron, Adrian, Allison, Bailey, Brittany, Carolina, Claire, Erica, Gohar, Josh, Josue, Shane, TonyAnd even Mr. HillFor their part in the painting process!We hope you enjoy the pictures below of the process and progress that got us to the finished mural!Step 1: Sketch and ApprovalMr. Russell completed a sketch - but if we show that here it will ruin the surprise!Mr. Hill had to say it was ok - it's his wall after all!Step 2: Grid and Drawing20 feet long and 8 feet high - it will be hard to miss!It doesn't look like it - but there are sketches in those squares!Step 3: Train the 5th graders to mural paint!(Their faces were priceless when they touched paint to the wall!)Step 4: Painting!
Gohar and Allison painting the banner.
Shane and the White Tiger.
Josue at work on the banner now!
Carolina and Josue at work.
Claire tackles the banner!
Erica at work.
Hi Adrian!
We're starting a tiger!
Aaron and Bailey hard at work.
See the tiger?
Claire paints Tiger toes!
Josue begins a book.
What Tiger? Says Aaron.
CHEESE!
Gohar doing some "book" work.
Carolina touches up the White Tiger.
Surprise Bailey!
Bailey, Adrian and Carolina working.
Adrian and the soccer ball.
Look out Josh! The tiger's coming!
Tony at work.
Allison smiles!
Erica and a book.
Brittany on the trumpet.
Shane back on the White Tiger
The Mural at the end of Week 2
Adrian adds tree leaves.
Bailey works on Tiger 3.
Claire works on the view.
Josh works on Tiger 3.
Gohar puts sparkle in the sky!
Tony terrifically tackles the Third Tiger's tail.
Carolina and Aaron work on the view.
Shane and the soccer ball.
Brittany finishes Tiger 3.
Josue and the river
The mural at the end of Week 3!
Bailey starts Tiger 4!
Josue touches up the open book.
Erica and Allison get goofy!Aaron hamming it up!The mural at the end of Week 4!(SOLs slowed progress!)Bailey and Josue "planting" the grass.Tony, Brittany and Josh at work.Carolina and Bailey at work.Brittany, Aaron and Josue at work. Tiger Stripes!Claire cleaning up.Stripes, stripes, and yes, more STRIPES!Erica on stripes.I'm so innocent!What?Brittany, Carolina and Allison working on finishing touches.The frame is added.Allison trims an edge.Bailey straightens a stripe.Erica smoothes some stripes.Josue does some computer work.Mr. Hill adds his touch.The Painting Professional!The Muralists (minus 1) and the Finished Mural!The Muralists in a goofy pose!