Thursday, November 01, 2007
Painting the Choir Banner
3 meters of black cloth + 3 cans of paint in red, yellow and white + 3 hours = Banner!
I drew the words out in chalk and everyone painted. We left the word "CHOIR" in black and painted everything else instead of painting the words and leaving the background.
Muzi was in charge of cleanliness - which was a big job considering how painting something like this is a rather messy affair.
Dolores, Pamela and Angus
Wen Jing did a very good job of painting the white outline for the word "CHOIR"
Jia Xuan paints very neatly too! :-)
Wenjing had to touch up all the jagged edges that the other painters created. And Chan Minh and Xin Yi did a fabulous job of achieving the color blend from red to orange to yellow that was meant to make the backdrop look like it was on fire.
Adding the final touches - some parts needed a 2nd coat of paint because the fabric was absorbent and 'absorbed' the paint leaving dark blotches. A 2nd coat of paint managed to fix that and the colors were really nice and bright.
The finished product after about 2.5hrs - left in the safety of the staffroom to dry until Monday when we will hang it up during the break in the practice.
Now... how are we going to get the banner unstuck from the newspaper?!?!
