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Making It – Ben and Sam Paint a
Mural
Programme Outline
Ben and Sam draw out their design on white paper, using marker
pens. There are letters, splashes, flashes and a monkey face…
They collect supplies of spray paint, grab their breathing masks
and head out to the Markfield Project. Here, on some waste ground
beside the railway tracks, there are old walls where you're welcome
to paint a mural.
The lads tape their design to a patch of bare wall. Using sticks
of charcoal, they mark up the wall with bold outlines. They put on
their masks to keep out any harmful paint fumes and set to work.
First, they go over the outlines with silver-grey paint. Then they
fill in the main blocks of background colour. Lighter colours and
smaller details come next. They step back from the wall now and
then to see how the details look in the whole design.
Soon the finished mural blazes out. A dull old bit of wall by
the railway is filled with colour and movement.
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