Getting the materials and organizing dates, I decided to do the mural in DP first due to travel plans and meetings in April. The first day, Jessica and Jubal came to help draw the grid, and pencil in the outline of the map. There was a minor potential crisis when Jessica arrived in the morning with dye but no map, whereas I had paint, paintbrushes, and mixing containers. Fortunately, I had a world map on my wall with latitude and longitude gridding, so we decided to use that in order to have a basis to copy from. Crisis averted. The school teacher helped do the grid layout on the wall. Since we were not working from the best grid system, copying was surprisingly exhausting (not to mention getting into eastern Europe...)! Also, we realized that I initially made an error in measurement that resulted in six less inches desired in height... However, with it all said and done, the world is a little skinny, but only really noticeable to us. Finishing the outline, we started painting the ocean so it would be dry by the following day when we would be painting to countries.
The following day after class was done in the morning, we had the afternoon to paint. Jessica did not come, although Tatiana came down to help finish up. Working until dark, we were able to finish, including a border and all! Each day we had a flow of visitors to see what we were up to and how it was coming along. It turned out great! Below is a picture before we were completely finished, but I think one can get the idea.
A nearly finished map! With help from Jubal, Tatiana, and Jessica (not pictured) and moral support by onlookers. One down, three to go! When I was in Etchilo making a tree nursery, I spent an afternoon with Tatiana starting the grid for her map. She was able to get the proper print out so hopefully when it comes to drawing, things will go more easily! The Salemata map will happen likely in mid-late April once LaRocha gets back from America, and hopefully Kekeressi the last weekend in April.
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