Once your sketch is approved by the client, you must decide if the wall you are going to apply your art to needs to be repainted. Is it a flat finish? If so, satin is much better for a smooth flow of your paint, especially if you are adding a faux technique as the background.Next is the decision of color. Do you want the mural to have bright colors? Use white as the base. Do you want more muted? Use a shade of off-white. An off white base color will also add the beginnings of atmosphere to your mural. Allow your base color to dry for at least 24 hours.Be sure to figure background color painting into your job cost.
Pictured is a palm tree with copper accents on a faux painted background.
This tip was posted by Hollie the Mural Girl, to view my website go to http://www.holliebrooks.com/
1 comment:
hi hollie,
just browsed through your blog...I found it to be very interesting and also very informative.....I loved your work on the palm tree...i have only just begun to blog and will eventually put my previous work on the page,but as for now i am just enjoying this new technology,it's great to find someone who is just as passionate about their work as i am...Have been doing this for years now,started off as we all di I suppose ...our own walls.....then it soon takes off into off and before you know it ....someone pays for the work that has been so enjoyable that to be paid is just a bonus....anyway good luck hollie.....all the best from Scotland....
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