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Entertainment JbMfex ."SSSSSot fissss :;;x-:nnsss>:v.. ..s... ^ n |jk - NV ..,-. ....... ...S-. . ......... -,:SS VS,..V '<. ^ ..K- ,-ASSSWAV;.^:SS V y^...T.. I1CW 11 By CYNTHIA O'DELL Springing up around the USC campus are several new works of art. This in itself is not that extraordinary; what makes these paintings different is their size and location. 'PVlocn noi/> * A-1- ? X nvov |/auniiigl3 aicil l UIl t'ctilViiii; Ult^y I'C UI1 buildings. Many USC students are familiar with the George Rogers mural on the Booker T. Washington Building and the train depot painted on the Ben Arnold Building on Gervais Street. The artist, Roger Waltrup, has created many other murals. But Waltrup's assistant is a USC student ? Reggie Tolbert. A junior majoring in Art, Tolbert applied for the job and after an interview became WaltruD's assistant Painting a mural is a rather complex job. First a drawing is made in exact proportion to the surface being used. The drawing is then broken down into sections and photographed. Slides are made from the negatives. At night, the slides are projected onto the surface being used ? usually a wall f?) l ? ar - hi ^ - i? ,nw^ |||ib\- t jt&. hv. ^.- '; a .,. i v'..e^^m-'; m r . slbbtm^iviti i m-mm?!ibck^w^^ H M C <^ . ^ ' of a building. The mural is then sketched on me wan. ine wan is ready tnen to be painted. Because of the large dimensions of the mural, one does not have to be an artist to actually paint. The artist can explain what needs to be done and others can carry out the tedious task of actually painting the wall. Close-up the mural does not appear to have any form. It is only as you move away from the wall that the true picture is formed. WALTRUP'S and Tolbert's next mural is appearing at the corner of Blossom and TI..Wam fi A- T1 ? - * A - -I - jnugei oueeu). n is going 10 aepici a scene from a comic strip. The mural should take about three-tour weeks to complete. Work on the mural is starting this week. Tolbert says that in the future he would like to continue to paint murals. He is not sure yet whether this will become a career but he will always be interested in the creation of the enormous paintings. USC is lucky to have such talented students to continually aHH tr? homitv r?f itc oamnnc ,?W.V. W V>av MVUUVJ VI IVO VOIIApUO. /h( said h? h4p\ / to do sone \ ( ho/1fewokk for. n \fcC^CTROAj|CJ5 CL/\5XJ \ 1 m /3?kl n HF] ?' I r- .-- -v--w---.-. . .??.%. ' .. .. ... 9 .. -..va-a ... ,v.w..-<...A* ~ ^ft?k s ?jw .. .. nrri M " " i ^ ^ " " ???. i. .i^iii nii i.i i 1 < T rtlnColumbia - A ! ! I ^pB??-Kv:-a->>K<'::v.-;-:-;-..iiL ..... SuH Photos by BRIAN COSTNER j| TT7! c^Oor\A ] Gdstr*\ PI . . . .. ..IIIM ?1 I I Jill * j