Palo Alto Festival of the Arts--August 2007

After seeing a great photo of our nieces Alex and Catie, we decided to do our own version of the photo, featuring Alex and Catie as well as our nephew Nolan and next-door-neighbor Sean. The four kids are all a year apart in age, from the oldest (Alex) at 9 to the youngest (Catie) at 6. We posed them on a blanket on the front lawn and took a billion photos--fortunately this one turned out. This was a 12' x 12' square.
 

Transferring the traced image to the asphalt.

Cheryl gets started with Sean's eye.

Sean's face is the first completed.

Wayne works on Sean's shirt

Nolan's eye emerges from the asphalt.

Wayne works on Sean's arm and Cheryl works on Nolan's face.

Alex and Nolan at the end of Saturday.

Wayne and Sean work on the background blanket.

Catie and Alex help Uncle Wayne pick chalk for Catie's shirt.

Alex helps paint Catie's pink shirt.

Alex and Catie help Wayne on Catie's pink shirt.

Catie turns pink with excitement...or pastels.

Cheryl and Wayne at work on Sunday afternoon.

Wayne and Cheryl work on Nolan's moose shirt.

Wayne works on Catie's flowing tresses.

Catie cleans up the edges.

Wayne teaches Alex, Catie and Jack how to do the border

Alex adds the white border.

The kids' heads from all four sides.

The finished square from the ladder (Sean and Alex' side).

The completed square from Nolan's corner.

Finished square from Catie and Sean's side.

The finished square from Alex and Nolan's side.

Wayne and Cheryl pose with nieces Alex and Catie and the finished square.

Finished square from Nolan and Catie's side.

The original photograph of the four kids.

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