Saturday, February 27, 2010

How do you put a giant painting on the wall?

like painting a wall a color, we want to paint a picture on a wall. is there a special kind of painter we need to hire? can we do it ourselves?How do you put a giant painting on the wall?
If you can draw it, you can paint it. Use simple acrylics, or buy tints and white house paint, if you are handy at mixing colors.





My wife painted a wall under the staircase, and included a door which opens against the wall. When the door is closed, it revealed a cave.How do you put a giant painting on the wall?
A giant painting is called a mural. You can hire someone or do it yourselves.





To do it yourselves, do a bit of research on some do-it-yourself sites as to techniques. One method is to draw 1 foot squares on the wall and 1 inch squares on your original drawing. On the wall, paint everything you see in each square on the drawing. Another method would be to use an overhead projector, slide projector or video projector to get your drawing up on the wall, then just paint what you see.





I've linked a couple Instructables pages where people have done their own murals for nursery walls.

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