Let the sky be your inspiration when painting a cloud mural.
A cloud mural is a whimsical addition to any child's bedroom and looks great on the ceiling or upper wall. Cloud murals, when well executed, add color, texture and charm to the ceiling and/or upper wall of any room -- particularly a room where time is spent looking at the ceiling. Painting a involves painting techniques that don't use a brush and are easily achievable even by those who don't have a lot of artistic skill.
Instructions
1. Paint the ceiling or wall a shade of light blue using a roller. If the previous color is white, you don't need to worry about covering every square inch solidly. It is OK if a little white shows through, it just enhances the imperfect nature of clouds.
2. Thin white paint with a small amount of glaze. Dip in a large sea sponge and squeeze it out. Dab in patches with the sponge, creating slightly oval, elongated shapes with irregular borders. Clouds are not perfect and no two are alike, so don't worry about trying to create a perfect shape. Just look at some picture of clouds or outdoors to help you get an idea of what the clouds look like.
3. Mix light gray paint with glaze and use it to add shadows to your clouds. Shadow all of your clouds on the same side so that your light source appears to be on one side of the clouds.
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