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Inspiration for Wall Mural Painting
How to Get Ideas for Wall Murals
Materials for Wall Mural Painting
Rags for Wall Mural Painting
Sponges for Wall Mural Painting
Additional Materials for Wall Mural Painting
Paints for Wall Mural Painting
Brushes for Wall Mural Painting
Fan Brush for Wall Mural Painting
Mop Brush for Wall Mural Painting
Stencil Brush for Wall Mural Painting
Liner Brush for Wall Mural Painting
Using a Tooth Brush for Wall Mural Painting
Sponge Types for Wall Mural Painting
Sea Sponge for Wall Mural Painting
Tips for Wall Mural Painting With Rags
How to Use Rags for Wall Mural Painting
Plastic Wrap for Wall Mural Painting
Additional Materials Used for Mural Painting
Using Stamps for Painting Wall Murals
Demonstration of Brush Strokes on an Actual Wall Mural
Actual Use of Brush Strokes in Wall Mural Painting
Wall Mural Stroke Painting Tips
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Summary: Types of paint for creating wall murals including acrylic, latex and common house paints; learn this and more in this free online painting video about wall murals taught by expert artist Ian Loveall.
Ian Loveall was raised on the Central Coast of California in a charming little town called Paso Robles. He began drawing as soon as he could hold a crayon, and hasn’t stopped since. ...read more
"IAN LOVEALL: Hi! I'm Ian Loveall with Expert Village. We're talking about mural painting today and some of the basic things you need to get started. When I paint, I almost always work in acrylics and latex. It's much cleaner, it's much faster drying time and it's a lot less toxic than some of the pigments you find in oil paints. It's also much more cost-effective. For a large mural, I will usually work in ordinary house paint. It's durable. You can get it in just about any color you need and you can get large quantities of it, which is nice. I also mix a lot of my own colors so it helps to have a lot of paint around to be able to play with. So, definitely play around with color mixing. It's fun and you'll never know what you're going to run into, something to watch out for though. Latex paint, if you blend it too much it tends to gray. So, if you're working with something that requires a lot of color, you might want to consider going with acrylic artist paint and not latex. You will also need a medium, something to mix with the paint. This will save you money in the long run because you can thin out the paint. It also helps you create great effects with glazing and color washes and create the depth of color that you can get by building up lots and lots of thin layers. Water works great for this, but you also need to have some sort of binding agent. Otherwise, if you thinned the paint too far with water, you will actually ruin the bond in the polymers and the paint will not stick to the wall, which is bad news for everybody."
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