SubscribeGarden Academy Montessori, Mural Design
Two weeks ago, I participated, once again, in CreateAthon. 2009 marks my 4th year of CreatAthon. (CreatAthon is an annual event where creative agencies push for 24 hours straight to do campaigns for non-profits who ordinarily couldn’t afford agency work. The work is pro bono and is usually really fun and powerful because there is so much passion behind it.)
This year I was asked to do a mural for a Montessori school in Indianapolis. The school recently changed their name to Garden Academy Montessori and was moving to a new building on the south side. They needed a new look because their old brand was kind of clip-art-y and very vectory and catered to little kids, and they are looking to expand to teach older children as well.
So Vision3Creative came to me looking for a visual direction for the new school as well as all the collateral material for them. The only criteria was that it play to the new name and garden theme.
I thought for a bit and sketched out some ideas. The idea of doing a standard garden (greens and rainbow colors) look was kind of boring and done… and not really ownable for this new school. So I took it in a different, stylized direction, with a bold color palette, whimsical plantlife and little hidden animals in the background. I thought that this would spark imaginations and get kids to look at it and discover things. Kind of like a Montessori education.
I chose orange and blue as my palette because I felt it was a nice balance of masculine and feminine. And because orange is energetic and bright and blue is calm and more serene, it created a nice balance that way too.
Here’s how the mural design turned out. (Click image to see bigger):
(The parents are going to do the actual painting on the building. I can’t wait to see it completed!)
And here’s what it’ll look like when it’s done:
And here are some close-ups:
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Beautiful as always!! I love how all the elements work together so perfectly. Cute animals!
oh my goodness possum!
this is UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL :)
you are so talented sweetpea!
xoxox
totally wonderful. I love the colors. How fun.
so flippin perfect. i love little art gone giant. congrats!
Absolutely a gem with such a peaceful Japanese feeling to it. Beautiful work, Penelope!
Penny, it is GORGEOUS. Those children are so very lucky to have your inspiring art to look at all day long. xoxo
Love it! Love it! Love it!
Wish it was a print so we could hang it in the baby’s room!
i adore the colours. lovely work, it’s gorgeous.
I love that you do this each year. Those kids and parents are going to adore seeing this gorgeous design each day.
love this. That you do the pro bono work, and the beauty of this piece.namaste.
Beautiful, and a wonderful fresh choice of colours.
I love it.I never think that orange and blue matches that strong and beautiful.
Your work is a constant inspiration!
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