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Marshland habitat pastel drawing to initiate project
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Sketched on wall
Taping off the wall
Press Release: THE CITIZEN, June 27, 2001
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Untaping the wall
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Roseatte Spoonbill in finshed marshland setting
Finished woodland habitat |
Ed White Elementary Watershed Mural, 2001
Located in the school yard habitat at Ed White Elementary
Seabrook, TX
Marshland habitat pastel drawing to initiate project
To initiate the project Bejat inspired the children by providing them with a moch drawing that provided them with a basisi for their idease for the mural. So inspired were the children that Bejat received an overwhelming response and decided to donate the pastel drawing to Ed White Elementary for the children to enjoy.
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Galen Kruetzberg was an instrumental 3rd grade student at Ed White Elementary who was one of 348 students to submit drawings of native flora and fauna for the school yard habitat mural. Her particular piece depicts all the stages of the monarch butterfly's metamorphosis as it sustains itself on the native butterfly weed. The children raise these butterflies and release them in the school yard habitat and also watch them through their diverse life cycles in the wild, therefor the monarch butterfly was selected to showcase on the corner of the two adjoining walls.
Sketched on wall
Once the drawings were submitted, Bejat selected key drawings to be depicted as they appeared and began to itemize the rest by their dominant flora or fauna. After becoming extremely familiar with the work she began to sketch out a to scale drawing of the mural with all the children's images and ideas in mind. This allowed for every child to have their work contribute to the final product. "The children understood that in order to make the piece work as a whole I would have to combine ideas and that a bluebonnet represented all the children's submitted drawings of bluebonnets."
Taping off the wall
Colton Krenek was another talented 1st grade student instrumental in the entire process of the mural. Colton worked throughout the summer on the bobcat. Colton also became a student of Bejat's private art lessons that she provides in her studio. "Colton is my prodigy, he loves flora and fauna as much as I do and he helps me see images in a different light. His attention to detail is amazing and his talent is far beyond his years."
Press Release: THE CITIZEN, June 27, 2001
The Environmental Committee at Ed White Elementary School recently held a reception to celebrate the start of the school's wetland habitat and watershed mural project. Pictured at the reception are: Galen Kreutzberg, Allison Bigi, Bejat McCracken, artist in residence, Colton Krenek, and Brandon Schmalfeldl.
Untaping the wall
After the images were taped off and the background of the sky was painted various shades of blue and the ground the color of soil, the children found great joy in ripping all the tape off the wall. "It was like one big party, they were jumping around hysterically all entwined in tape laughing. It was hilarious and I found intense joy and hope for the future in working with all the children."
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