Creating the silhouettes

After looking at movement and the way we would draw equipment, we moved onto drawing the silhouettes. Using two types of paint, acrylic and emulsion we tested out which paint lasted better, which was more durable, and which looked more professional. After creating and painting the outline of the silhouettes, we could clearly see where the equipment would need to be added. After being painted, my perceptions of the piece did change, I began to like the dark tone a lot, as it made the figures look grand and powerful. However, the positives about the darkness of tone were also the negatives, was it too powerful? Did it look too grand? 

Therefore, as a group we deiced to continue and trail out different designs from the mural, looking at design each of us had created and discussing them amongst ourselves. 

Creating a basis

Atfter discussing fonts, designs, and colours, we started to create the mural. We decided to stick wallpaper onto the wall, since we didn't want to be spending our time repainting the wall, whenever a new design needed to be created. We started by using black silhouettes with a more basic design, which is what the PE department leaned more towards. I personally believed this design is slightly boring, a black tone against a harsh figured, then placed onto a mundane wall. However, we continued to experiment anyway. We had to take into consideration the size of the room in the sports hall, we needed figures to match the size of the wall, create enough impact within the room to show we had created something, yet not create too distracting. In addition to this, we had to take into account the pieces in the room such as pugs or heaters blocking. 

Group discussion- creating the mural

As a group, ideas are continuously flowing and developing, therefore it was important we started to settle on certain points, allowing us to develop the mural. Most of the group was completely settled on the idea of starting to experiment with the black silhouettes rather than using bright bursts of colour. Since the wall is high, and long, it meant the silhouettes needed to be large. Therefore it pointed to the medium needing to be large and extremely durable. We decided between three, spray paint, vinyl and black acrylic. All had their negatives and all have their positives, but we decided to go through with using spray paint and acrylic. Spray paint is going to be trailed to create the lettering for the quotes, whereas acrylic paint is going to be trailed to create the silhouettes in both matte and gloss enamel paint.