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Children's Murals
PainterClick will get rave reviews with these simple tips
& ideas.
If you never painted a mural, painting a mural for a
child's room or a volunteer project at a school is an
excellent place to start. Children adore color and simple
designs so that even novice painters can create a mural
that will receive rave reviews.
 Prepare Your Surface:
Ideally, you'll create your mural on a freshly painted
wall. Before painting on an existing wall, thoroughly
clean the wall to remove any dust and grease. A base of
paint or primer can also be applied before you begin your
design.
Getting Started: The
design can be sketched directly on the wall with pencil or
colored pencils. Alternatively, there are two ways you can
reproduce your design on the wall. Grid your design into
1" squares and the wall area into a proportionate grid,
e.g., 1" on your design = 1' on your wall. Or, transfer
your design to acetate and use a projector (often
available for from libraries and video equipment stores)
to project your image onto the wall for tracing.
Paints: Today, most
interior walls are painted with latex paints making a
combination of latex interior paints for large areas of
color and acrylic paints an ideal combination. For
protection in high-traffic areas or areas accessible to
little fingers, a final coat of polyurethane makes
cleaning simple.
Designs: Let your
imagination soar. Children love simple colorful designs
whether it's their favorite cartoon or storybook
character, their favorite things, place or interest, a
collage of numbers or the alphabet or rainbows and clouds. |
