As the sun rises over the baseball field, a splash of color begins to transform bringing to life scenes of cheering fans, and hometown pride. Painting the LB logos isn’t just about beautifying a space, it’s about community spirit and capturing energy that makes games memorable.
Mrs. Sara Sagouspe, director of the Art Club has been adding LB logos to the field area and overtime will eventually be updated. The murals on the baseball field were confined to the element of color with the school color scheme. The club wanted to expand the space and wanted the murals large to accommodate and command attention as the teams approached the field. The size of the murals are as large as the walls will allow.
The Art Club’s long term vision is to start small and specific. They have selected outdoor paint that can withstand outside elements. With high quality primer, they will soon look for a clear protector which would be a factor to assess overtime, but so far the murals have not cracked, and paint brushes with preferred straight edge brushes so members can cut clean and straight lines.
Sagouspe gave students freedom in the process of putting the murals together. She stated, “For these murals, we started with large stencils. We wanted all the LBs to be the exact same, almost like a sticker had been placed on the buildings. To ensure they were the same we created a template. The boy’s baseball LB is different from the LB logo the rest of the school uses. We created two stencils from large cardboard and began by outlining the stencil on the surface with chalk. Then we cover the stenciled space with one coat of white primer paint. Once dry, we chalk a thin border about ½ inch in and fill that space with 2-3 coats of the gold school color. Gold is a tough color to paint. Once the gold is dry, I like to have the members go over the thin white border one more time with smaller brushes and very clean crisp lines. We have done three murals in about 5-6 hours start to finish (includes drying time). When we start to build murals where we have creative freedom, that will be a completely different process and much longer. Concepts will be considered months in advance, and drafts on paper will need to be produced and thought out before we bring brushes to the surface with paint.”
Sagouspe stated, “Once the club gets comfortable with large scale murals then I would like them to add to some of the spaces around campus. We will finish off the baseball dugouts and complete the softball dugouts this Spring. We then will move into the girls dugout with a larger scale tiger scratching a softball.”
Sagouspe stated, “I am an LBHS alumni and I know how proud I am to wear the LB logo. When you see the freshly painted gold and white LB on the side of a bold cardinal wall; it’s a welcome sign for the Tiger community. I hope the LB murals on the baseball field have created a sense of pride and community.”
Eventually the Art Club will explore concept design and vision for future murals. Murals paint a picture to preserve a visual moment in time for all passerbys.
