
Young people from all over Dunedin spent the past week at the South Dunedin Community Network’s space in King Edward St honing their spray-painting skills and coming up with designs for a mural in Wilkie Rd.
After learning drawing skills, colour theory, composition and perspective from South Dunedin Street Art Trail artists Koryu Aoshima and James Buckner, the youth went outside and painted all day yesterday.

"They’re in love.
"He’s pretending to be a frog and he thinks he’s getting away with it but really everyone knows and they’ve just accepted it."

She wished there was funding for more programmes like it.
"These kinds of groups are really cool because they attract people who really like art."

"I love all forms of art, even pottery."
She was grateful to have the opportunity to paint on a large public wall.

The participants that were selected expressed an active desire to do art.
The paint on the wall had faded and it was in desperate need of a fresh mural.

The youth designed all of the characters themselves to paint over a "spacey" background.