Winchester Art Club Puts First Things First

The after school Art Club at Winchester is working on a mural based on the 7 Habits. The students are always so excited to paint and since Winchester has never had a student made mural they are ready to jump right in and start painting. Of course there is planning to be done and you have to put First Things First before the painting process begins. So we spent three weeks working on the drawing aspect of the mural, re-drawing and re-working the figures so they will look just right. The students kept asking "When are we going to paint? Are we painting today?" and I have to tell them "No, we have to put first things first by planning the compostition and refining our drawings, then we'll be ready to paint."
This past Monday was our Art Club meeting, the club is so large that I had to split the groups in two, meeting every other session. This first group finally got the chance to start painting and they were very excited to do just that. The painted areas will need two coats of paint and some fine details will still have to be drawn in once the paint dries. So before we can finish the painted details of the figures faces, clothing, jewelry etc... we'll have to put First Things First and refine our sketches once again!