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| The Day started at 4:00 am, Nidal, Greg and I were up projecting the camel and the feather. Camel outline has just begun to be filled in. |
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| by 10:00 am, the day was off to a great start! |
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| Camel coming along |
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| Omar starting on the feather. |
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| Shadi and Ammani and working the top of the feather 20 feet up on scaffolding |
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| Omar is 20 years old today! Happy Birthday! |
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| Camel and feather at the end of the day. |
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| (detail) |
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| Nidal keeping it clean as the feather awaits a shadow... |
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| From the top of the Royal Village of Az Zarqa |
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| Shadi beginning work on the grasses... |
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| ...As we start to highlight the plam tree trunks |
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| Working low on the mural,..blending sand tones in. |
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| A gift from our Jordanian friends,..an Easter egg! Happy Easter was sung to the tune of Happy Birthday! It was pure joy! |
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| Shadi, a huge asset to the project~ |
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| Sands and fans of greens and blues... |
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| The hidden easter egg found by Fahtoosh~ |
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| While painting the mural,..logistics are discussed about the 4:30 am Monday morning projection excursion to get a few larger details up on the mural... |
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| Nidal and the electrician working on the power source, and a 50 meter powercord for the laptop and the projector. Nidal is picking up Greg and Scott in the morning at 4:00 am. We will have an hour and half to project the infamous old camel and many other larger details the students will be filling in and painting. |
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| The mural |
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| Using complimentary colors as a basecoat will create a nice warm tone for objects in the foreground |
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| The Jordanian landscape begins |
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| Students on top,... working the wall... |
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| As we grow our landscapes |
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| Greg Phillips works with Nidal to measure out specifics |
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| Each column will have three 3x3 square which the students will be able to add their own individual work to the mural |
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| Greg Phillips will be here for the next two weeks to assist us in landing the job on schedule. His attention to detail will be very helpful. Next week we will be taking the two dimensional columns and adding depth to them as the students study more landscape painting. |
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| Adding yellows and greens and a dash of confidence |
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| Work is progressing slower but steadily unfolding. Smaller brushes bring in the details as we cover some of the basics in painting and color blending of warm and cool tones.. |
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| Nearing the days end on Thursday.4/21 . Thankfully, we had cooler weather these last few days Thanks Amal and Nidal and to all the students! . |
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| 1st step drawing the butterfly...2nd step, cutting the stencils out of the vellum (tracing paper) |
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| Using blade on cutting board |
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| 3rd step,...stencils in place,..waiting to paint |
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| 4th step, paint white to strengthen the colors that will go on top. |
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| Shading under the wings... |
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| Omar adds butterflies up high on the wall. |
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| 5th step,..blending yellow and orange |
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| Days End,..Omar leaps for Joy! |
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| Work starts off by blocking in colors... |
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| Noora at work. |
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| scaffolding logistics 101 |
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| Tools at rest |
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| At days end. |
