Video: Fan Brush for Wall Mural Painting

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Using a fan brush and how quickly you should work when using one when painting a wall mural; learn this and more in this free online painting video about wall murals taught by expert artist Ian Loveall.

- Brushes for Wall Mural Painting
- Actual Use of Brush Strokes in Wall Mural Painting

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Kay Nov 22, 2011
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Video Transcript

Okay, next we're going to look at the fan brush. This is one of my favorites for painting clouds. It can also be used for laying in washes or leaves, vines, whatever you happen to be painting at the time. It's an incredibly useful brush. I'm going to demonstrate the same sky done all in the fan brush, so you can see that this also has the potential to be used a lot of different ways. Again, you want to work really, really fast. Acrylic is great, but it does dry awfully quickly. You can get additives to add to it to slow the drying time. I do a lot of mixing so I don't usually like to mess with a whole lot of that. For this one, I am going to add a little bit of medium. You can usually mix this into the paint or you can put it right on the canvass or the wall. I do both and both acceptable. Some art teachers would get really mad at me though. Okay, so we've got our wash in. This is called a graduated wash because it fades from a darker value of blue to a lighter value down at the bottom. And now we can start blocking in our cloud shapes. Again, different brush can be used to achieve some different looks. You can sort of use it as I'm doing here almost like a broom or you can load it on its side like we did before and create broader swirling shapes. One thing you want to keep in mind when working with acrylic is that it does not dry the same color that it goes on. It dries about 10% to 20% darker than you're actually put it on the canvas. So, be aware of that while you're choosing your colors. You come back to the mural a couple days later and think "Oh, my gosh! I didn't paint that!" This is also one of my favorite brushes for painting foliage on trees and such. So, you can see it's sort of a wispy stroke. So, you know, depending on the look you're going for. That's another option. And the key is play, experiment, mess around and don't be afraid of making something that looks horrible, you know.

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Fan Brush for Wall Mural Painting

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