Mural Project

• Participation in this project is by invitation only and requires a project proposal.

• Murals tell a story

• Murals are meant to be seen from a distance

Basic Process:

Invited students must submit a design proposal which includes a short description of the intent, theme, or story behind their proposed work. The proposal must also include a sketch of the student mural which is drawn to scale (example 1 inch = 1 foot) and proportional to the chosen location on the building wall.
The design proposal must then be accepted by sponsoring faculty.
Inventory paint supply, renew/replace any needed colors. (Home Depot)—Department Purchase)
Student identifies needed brushes. (Dick Blick—Department purchase)
Transfer/draw mural linework to the building wall by one of the following three possible methods:
- Draw directly to the wall using the proposal sketch as a reference
- Project the proposal sketch to the wall using a digital projector. This method requires:
  a. scanning the original proposal sketch
  b. waiting until dark to see the projection and tracing it to the building wall
  c. faculty supervision if after normal class hours
- (REQOMENDED) Projecting the proposal sketch to large roll of white paper.
  This method requires:
  a. scanning the original proposal sketch
  b. tracing the projection to full sized paper
  c. tracing the drawn line work by creating small holes in the full size paper using a pounce wheel. (tip: place a sheet of cork board (best) or corrugated cardboard under the paper when using the pounce wheel, this will make it easier to punch the tiny holes. Also, roll the wheel back and forth to create more holes along the line)
  d. taping the large paper (cartoon) to the wall
  e. bouncing (pouncing) a cotton sock filled with colored chalk dust. I’ve used a pack of Crayola’s chalk sticks (link) broken into powder on the holes. The chalk dust will go through the small holes and onto the wall revealing the drawing.
  f. remove paper and trace the dotted lines with a painted line or pencil if necessary.
- Pouncing 101