Great Coral Reef mural project

Last December I worked with Trenton's class on creating a mural of the Great Coral Reef for the multicultural festival. I purchased a 3 foot by 6 foot canvas and we worked one evening on creating the background -- a few students came to the school in the evening and we painted out the entire canvas in various shades and blends of blues, greens and white. The next couple days I went to the class and in small groups the students came and worked on adding fish and plants to the mural. The students continued to work on the mural throughout the week and it hung during the festival and continues to hang in the classroom. The nice thing about the subject matter is that all types of colors and shapes and styles of painting are in place in the mural just as all types of shapes, styles and colors are in the coral reef. What a successful project.