Materials for Wall Mural Painting

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"IAN LOVEALL: Hi! I'm Ian Loveall with Expert Village and today we're looking at mural painting. So, what I've got in front of me here are just some basic, basic materials you'll need to get started. An assortment of brushes as many different sizes as you can find, you'll never know what you're going to need. Rags, a duster, sponges, rollers, plastic wraps, sand paper, paint and acrylic medium and gloves, I hate using gloves some people like to keep their hands clean, what can I say. You want to collect an assortment of brushes of all the different sizes you can find. I also use a variety of bristles you'll notice this has a very coarse, rough bristle on it. This is an acrylic brush it's great for--use with acrylics and oils. It has the stiff bristle because the paint is generally thicker and you need more tension to get it actually on the wall and place where you want it to go. I also use water color brushes, which are very fine and very soft. These are great for doing washes and glazes and things where the paint is going to be going on in a very, very thin layer. The brushes come in several different types. You have your basic round, flat, and a filbert, which I don't use very often, in fact I don't even think I have one. But what a filbert is well, it's similar to this. This isn't a true filbert, but it sort of a blend between a flat and round. It's a flat brush but it has a rounded tip and a little bit more volume than a flat brush. I work almost exclusively in flat brushes that's just a preference. The only other two that I favor are this fan brush, which is great for creating a variety of different strokes. I'll demonstrate some of them for you later. This got a very wide and very flat bristle. And then this pouncing brush, which is just sort of a mop of bristles that can be used for anything from stenciling to creating swirl effects. I like to use this one painting clouds, pretty useful thing to have around. So I would say of this jar of brushes, I only use this handful right here. So, you know, you'll pick your favorites and experiment, see which ones you like the best."