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Create a Mural on Your Wall!
Many design solutions
are made available to consumers in department stores as ready-made
answers to design dilemmas. These design solutions though made to
make life easier and simpler, at times do not fulfill even the least
of our expectations. Sometimes, the greatest fulfillment comes in
exploring our own creative tendencies in order to arrive at the
answers ourselves.
Walls are one of the
biggest challenges - both figuratively and literally - that everyone
has to face when designing a room. A huge blank wall may seem
daunting, but many brave souls have achieved and conquered, and they
aren’t all professionals, they are do-it-yourselfers!
This article will help you create a work of art on your wall that is
both beautiful and reflective of who you are.
Murals - both done in freehand or by using stencils - are an
ingenious way to solve wall dilemmas. These are great ways to add
personality to the wall and at the same time satisfy all of the
color requirements or designs you wish to achieve.
Let’s Begin with an Idea
Murals whether done in freehand or stencils must begin with an end
in mind. This means finding the design you want to incorporate, the
theme you want to portray, and the colors you want to use to create
a working roadmap.
Take into consideration the room you are going to put the mural in,
as well as the person or persons who will be the primary users of
the room. This will help you visualize the saturation of colors that
can be used, the kind of colors, as well as the freedom of design.
A theme is a good way to create this roadmap. For children’s rooms,
for example, you may use a jungle theme, which will allow the use of
varying shades of greens, browns, as well as the tropical hues of
the jungle animals; or a beach theme, which will entail the use of
blues and light browns reflective of the sand and the sun.
Looking for Designs to Make the Ideas Real
To portray life, you can opt to go to bookstores and look for pieces
on stencils and stencil works. Many books have been written on
stencils to assist people who want to use stencils when decorating a
room. Some of them even include stencil samples per se, which makes
life much simpler. If you intend to use stencils that are available
in the store or free found in free books, make sure that these are
appropriate for the size of the room and the wall where you will use
them.
Should the design(s) you want to work with not be available as
stencil plates in the art shops or in books, all you need to create
your own stencil is a thin plastic strip or acetate film. Draw the
design you want on this plastic film in the scale you need, and
carefully cut the design out. The pieces you cut out, you may
discard; the plate from which you cut the design becomes the stencil
you’d create your design.
Making the Design Your Own
At times, you may find no design or scale that fits your purpose.
When this happens draw your design on a piece of paper: include the
various shades of color you want to incorporate. This will later
serve as your guide as you work on your wall
Make a copy of your original design in black and white making sure
that the detail is quite clear. Take this to a photocopy center
where they can print the copy on a transparency. Again make sure the
detail and nuances are evident.
Once you get home, return to your wall with an overhead projector
and flash the transparency onto your wall. You now have a template
of the design you want on your wall. Position the projector nearer
the wall to make the design appear smaller, and farther away to
achieve the opposite effect.
You may opt to trace the projected image on the wall with a pencil,
or just flash the image on the wall when painting.
Getting Ready to Paint and Stencil
Make sure you have the right materials for stenciling and painting
your walls. Acquire a stencil brush that is used specifically for
stenciling, or a paint brush that is in the same width as the
stripes, lines, or designs you want to incorporate in your design.
Purchase a water-resistant adhesive tape, which you can use to
attach and secure the stencil plate to the wall while painting.
Water-resistant adhesive tape may also be used to protect areas you
don’t want to paint, as well woodwork, glass, etc.
The grandiose appearance of a mural on the wall, especially in a
design that’s truly your own, is a reward in itself. Include your
family or friends as you work to bring more personality to the work,
as well as to avoid getting over tired when working by yourself.
Don’t be afraid to use the mistakes made when painting and
stenciling as a basis for better designs; some mistakes may be
repaired or enhanced to create beautiful designs.
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