The whole mural painting process from start to finish!
A couple of people have asked me to explain/show the whole mural painting process, so I decided to take photos of every stage of my most recent mural.
This mural is an alien scene in a soft play room at Newker Primary School, using the excellent alien designs created by some of the children at the school.
So, the first thing I did was draw up some designs based on the children's drawings and emailed them to school for consideration. The school were happy to go ahead with the mural.
Here's just some of my stash of paint, ready to put in my toolbox and make a start on the mural.
The walls before I started...
I masked off the areas using masking tape and newspaper, then using a vinyl matt paint (dulux), I painted the whole wall navy blue. 2 coats of the paint covered it nicely.
Next, I painted the rest of the background, mixing the vinyl matt paint with a lighter blue and white.
Once the background was done I quickly sketched the planets and aliens using white chalk.
I then masked off all of the characters with white acrylic paint, just so the blue background didn't show through when I painted them.
Now the best part - painting the aliens! I used Daler Rowney System 3 acrylic paint for all of the details and glow in the dark paint for the stars, and when it was all dry I used a damp sponge to get rid of the excess chalk.
Finally, I gave it a couple of coats of varnish, and it was ready to be enjoyed :-)
Here is the finished mural;
The whole mural took 5 days of very hard work to complete!
This mural is an alien scene in a soft play room at Newker Primary School, using the excellent alien designs created by some of the children at the school.
So, the first thing I did was draw up some designs based on the children's drawings and emailed them to school for consideration. The school were happy to go ahead with the mural.
Here's just some of my stash of paint, ready to put in my toolbox and make a start on the mural.
The walls before I started...
I masked off the areas using masking tape and newspaper, then using a vinyl matt paint (dulux), I painted the whole wall navy blue. 2 coats of the paint covered it nicely.
Next, I painted the rest of the background, mixing the vinyl matt paint with a lighter blue and white.
Once the background was done I quickly sketched the planets and aliens using white chalk.
I then masked off all of the characters with white acrylic paint, just so the blue background didn't show through when I painted them.
Now the best part - painting the aliens! I used Daler Rowney System 3 acrylic paint for all of the details and glow in the dark paint for the stars, and when it was all dry I used a damp sponge to get rid of the excess chalk.
Finally, I gave it a couple of coats of varnish, and it was ready to be enjoyed :-)
Here is the finished mural;
The whole mural took 5 days of very hard work to complete!
posted by Lynda Nelson at 3:07 PM
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Great stuff, Lynda! I love how your starting point was the children's drawings. The background is beautiful too ... nice on it's own for a restaurant, i would imagine. I was surprised to see a dark background because i always work from light to dark but then i saw how you did the underpainting for the figures - it's interesting :)
Five days is FAST! :))
Thanks, Celeste! I find it easier to paint the whole background first then paint the characters on top. It also means that the wall is totally covered with wall paint, which is especially good for outdoor walls, because the paint is weather resistant and stops mold growing.
I would love to paint a restaurant some day :-)
I also forgot to mention - the school wanted the background to be very dark with bright characters, so they can sometimes switch the main lights off and use a projector showing stars. Hopefully the glow in the dark paint will work too!
Stars! Oh, wow, that would look cool! :)
Excellent!!!
Love the aliens! really interesting to see the process too, thanks!
Penny.
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