The weather really hasn't been on my side for this project, but I guess thats what you get when you do something like this in November, and in Leeds. I had to dodge the rain today but I was determined to get at least all of my colours finished and potentially start the black outlines.
Ruth has been covering the boxes in bin bags overnight to discourage graffiti which has proven successful, unfortunately some of my paint had smudged though so I had to paint over a few bits and pieces.
As the design is starting to come together people passing by are making really positive comments. I got the feeling that people were a bit unsure about what I was doing when I first started with my sketchy outlines and patchy paintwork but I feel like i'm gradually proving myself as the project goes on! People are stopping to chat to me and are really interested and supportive of the whole idea, particularly residents who aren't students but a lot of students seem to be reacting positively too. Someone even brought me a cup of tea today which was so nice because I was SO COLD.
After getting this far I had to take cover in a coffee shop while it rained for about an hour. Luckily the paint didn't run, it actually dried pretty fast which is good! This was what the box looked like when I finished for the day, all of the colours were complete apart from a few tiny pieces which were difficult to get to while surrounding paint was wet. I am confident that I can get the outlines finished in one more day - this is taking a whole lot longer than I thought it would though! I've never done anything like this before so I had no idea - i'll know for any future projects though that it takes a long time.
The picture quality isn't great because it was dark and I had to use my iPhone flash...
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