The Sistine Chapel's ceiling contains a massive mural.
Mural art entails painting large scenes over wall or ceiling expanses. The art of mural painting reaches back to prehistoric times -- think antelope on cave walls. Early murals functioned as a way to record history or tell stories. Flash forward to the 1500s, and mural art became a popular way to express religious sentiment. Michelangelo's artwork on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is perhaps the most well-known mural in existence. If you'd like to create your own mural but fear you do not have Michelangelo's talents or time, you can employ a few clever tricks to adorn your walls with a masterful mural.
Instructions
1. Use a wall mural-stencil kit to create a mural fast. Kits in varying designs are available online from many retailers (see Resources). Basecoat the walls with a light color. Position the stencils on the wall, or use the positioning map that comes with the kit. Paint the stencils by working from the back of the mural to the front. Determine a highlight side, and add shading opposite this to the elements in your mural to create dimension.
2. Employ a projector to quickly paint a mural. Create a transparency of the image you'd like to turn into a mural by creating a black-and-white copy of the image (simple images with bold lines work best). Take the image to a to turn into a transparency. Usually, you can also rent a projector from the copy center or an office-supply store. Set up the projector a few feet away from the wall where you want to create a mural. Put the transparency on the projector, and turn on the projector and focus it as necessary. Trace the lines on the wall with a light-colored pencil, and then paint the mural as desired with paint.
3. Create a cute mural scene in a day with a paint-by-numbers mural kit. Generally, you will tape the mural, which is on transfer paper, to the wall in the desired spot. Trace the image with a pencil to transfer it to the wall. Paint the transferred image using paints that were included with the kit, or buy your own colors to suit your room's design scheme.
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