My Mural

For the past couple of terms, Marama has been painting murals. These murals are supposed to represent your background and history. For our murals, we used watercolor paints. I painted my mural with deeper colours so they were bolder and so it stood out. All of the murals that were made are amazing.

The process:

First, we had a sheet of paper which had two sides, one for the symbol and one for the meaning of the symbol. Then we did a rough sketch in our art journals of what our mural was going to look like. We then added colour to the sketch to see if they worked together and looked good. Before we drew our murals on our good paper we practiced our watercolour. Practice makes perfect! We used texture, shading and mixing colours. After we had finished our practicing we then drew our mural onto the good paper (if the teacher approves!) Then start our watercolour!!

On my mural at the left, there are buildings they represent where I used to live, the big city! It then rolls into the hills, on the hills, there is a feijoa, that represents my family’s business (feijoa orchard) There is also a Kiwi and a cabbage tree, the Kiwi represents how I am a New Zealander and the cabbage tree represents that I live in the Hauraki Plains. Behind the tree is a big sun. A stream also strolls through the second hill (it represents Torehape Stream which is across from my house) The stream then rolls into the ocean which represents how my family has a batch and how I love the water. In the ocean is my star sign. Coming out of the water is a Maori symbol which is the Mangopare shape which represents the Hammerhead shark and means strength, power, and courage. The background for my mural is a sunset. Above the buildings is the Southern Cross and floating in the sky are some poppies which represent all of the people who fought for NZ.