Dragon Murals

Painted upon the wall in bright yellow is the form of a large dragon. When one compares this depiction with the others here, one can see this is larger than the rest. Surrounding the massive 'gold' dragon are several eggs painted in various colors, some a solid color while others are swirled and spotted. A stick figure has been painted next to the dragon in the same yellow color, and underneath the picture are the names: Merellia for the stick figure, and Neith for the dragon.

Splotches of brown with dabs of yellow, green and orange sprawl on this part of the wall at about the height that a young child could reach. Rounded belly of skewed and splattered paint meets upthrust rectangular neck attached by a tenuous strand of chestnut to a disembodied rounded triangle. A long sweeping plume of color indicates the tail and rough half-circles the upthrust wings. Small handprints splay next to the strange painting of a brown dragon, as if to indicate the artist. Some kind person must have taken time to write in with a black dipped finger the name of dragon and artist in careful, neat flowing letters: Liaryn and Parth.

In a blue the color of water, a dragon has been drawn soaring in flight. The wings are spread wide and a stick figure is perched on the dragon's neck with one hand raised as if waving. Behind this first figure is another stick figure, appearing to hold on tightly and having a great time on the back of the blue. Scrawled underneath this portrait are three words: Pryth. Sonya. Rivael

A childish drawing or maybe it's just drawn by one with no talent. Green wings soar high above Ista. The wings are edged in a darker greenish yellow. THe broad back has golden hues streaked throughout. She flies high over small skybroom trees. Little stick figures can be seen far below the dragon. Painted near the flying dragon is the name: Siaroth. Sketched near the stick figures below are the names: Jh'rin. Makeda.

A jagged triangle points into the whitewash back-drop, two black circles within the pointed thing denoting that this brownish-green shape is a muzzle, with two nostrils. At the base of the triangle, a small circle loop-te-das about a splotch of more brown and green -- the head -- while two blue droplets at the top made for two multi-faceted eyes. A thick line of brownish-green splotched with yellow serves as a neck, while a large bloated circle is made for the dragon's body, yellow, green, and brown all coloring within the lines. On either side of the plump circle, two tipped-over triangles just from the curve of the body: wings, which have been decorated in yellow, brown, and green. On either side of the dragon's head, two circles with eyes, a line for a nose, and a half-circle for lips represent two faces: J-'-r-i-n and M-a-r-g-r-e-t-t. Near a particular green part of the dragon, S-i-a-r-o-t-h is scribbled, and beside a brown splotch on the wing, A-b-e-r-u-t-h has been written. At the veeeeeeeerra bottom, beneath the dragons, A-h-e-l-l-y-a and J-i-r-i-t-h has been written in black paint. The painter has added her own name to the list of others: M-e-r-c-y.

An otherwise gracefully painted dragon in flight, the legs and wings of this dark blue painted beastie are slightly askew. Not bad, though. The lines of the head and body are outlined in black, the eyes a bright emerald green. Whoever did this one has even painted small white teeth in the dragon's mouth as it opens to breath flame at unseen Thread, or perhaps in an imginary Weyrling drill. A brown saddle is painted on the dragon's beck, atop which sits a figure in black riding leathers. The title, painted in green below the picture, says: 'For what may come.' with the name 'Lusani'.

Overlarge wings dominate this carmel brown dragon as he sits, forever spreading them. His eyes are a mixture of blues and greens as his head is raised to the sky in a silent bugle. The color taht washes over him is a fine watercolor mixture of brown, red and orange. The bridge of his muzzle is washed with a golden orange as is the edges of his wingsails and the dorsal line of his tail. Muscles are almost discernable in teh swirls of brown paint, accented by a darker grayish color. Underneath in deep cerrulean is the name 'Prendreth' with the name 'Melina' in red, identifing the painter.

This painting is rough to say the least and looks like the work of a 5-turn-old. The dragon is the focal part of the picture becuase, frankly, its the biggest. Huge, in fact, when compared with the rest of the picture. Over three times the size it should actually be given. Two teeny tiny stick figures that 'ride' the dragon's neck are barely noticable upon its back. Obviously, this dragon's real life counterpart isn't this large, but the painter seems to see it that way. The two black stick figures sitting on the neck reamin dwarfed by the dragon's size and vivid color -- a bright, vibrant green. The front figure is drawn tall and straight while the figure behind the 'rider' looks a little short and saggy. Since there is no way anyone could tell which dragon this may be, or who the two passengers could possibly be, the painter has drawn arrows and labeled the painting. Above the dragon is the word 'Oerth', the arrow pointing at the rider is marked 'Alania', and the deformed figure which would represent Carinah, the painter, merely states 'Me'. Below all this is drawn a similarly gignatic blue dragon and a corresponding stick 'rider'. They are labeled 'Cirameth' and 'Ellwiny' respectively.

Another blue dragon, this color darker than the other marked Pryth, has been brushed onto the wall near the others. This blue is depicted curled up near a stick figure of what must be a woman, indicated by the dress she is adorned with. In blue letters are the names: Anise. Darieth.

Crudely rendered in a wavering hand, this drawing is small and on a dark corner of the wall, as if the artist were embarrassed by its unskilled simplicity. The central figure of this scene is a large and smooth blue dragon. His eyes whirl a pleasant blue color, almost matching that of his swirly hide. On his neck rides a small coal-haired boy, no more than seven Turns or so, and near his foreleg is a smallish young woman with long, light-brown hair whose brown skirt is hiked up to her knees and light Harper-blue tunic clings to her torso. Indeed, the tunic appears to be wet, and the dragon and his scrubbers -- for that seems to be what the two humans in the picture are doing -- are surrounded by large aqua-colored waves tipped with white sea foam. The blue's forked tongue is flicked outward toward the girl, who smiles at him in red-lipped wonder. Scribed in a careful hand under the picture are the words: Faerth. Druyan. Madelynda.

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