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Mural/wall painting

AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
edited June 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Alrighty, so I just got asked to paint some things on the wall of my boyfriends Nephews room. I have the idea confirmed, etc, and they'll pay for the supplies, but I don't know what would be a good paint to use. Is there a specific paint to use for murals, cause I was just thinking acrylic?...

Also tips would be nice, as I've never painted anything on a wall before! Thanks

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  • FantasmaFantasma Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    You must consider the smell of the paint, acrylic could last several days if you don't use one of those tricks of trade to mask it. Probably a Water soluble acrylic paint like those used by artists would be a good choice.

    It would be good idea to create first a sketch to guide yourself.

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  • NargorothRiPNargorothRiP Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    yeah acrylic will stink to high heaven. i had only a 2x24 panting in acrylic and it stank up the room for a good 4 days even with ventilation. depending on the mural size i would look into renting a air scrubber. its gonna be unlivable for a week if its big and you dont.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Fantasma wrote: »
    It would be good idea to create first a sketch to guide yourself.

    Sketching it out in small scale is a good start. This depends on your artistic style, but one way to work from a scale sketch onto a wall is to finalize the linework in the sketch, then overlay gridlines. Put a corresponding grid on the wall and then recreate each square from the sketch. They use this technique building theater flats from drawn designs, and it can help to keep everything in the right proportions.

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  • AlyceInWonderlandAlyceInWonderland Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Huh.. I've used acrylics billions of times and never noticed a strong smell. Maybe I'm just used to it.
    I've heard there are specific mural paints I can use, but I don't know which ones to buy. Any ideas?

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