Video: Actual Use of Brush Strokes in Wall Mural Painting

Additional demonstration of strokes and techniques used to create effects in a wall mural painting; learn this and more in this free online painting video about wall murals taught by expert artist Ian Loveall.

Video Transcript

I just showed you a couple of the basic strokes you can achieve with some materials and now I'm going to take you over to the wall and sort of identify some of those strokes as they apply to an actual mural. Once I've got my sky blocked in, I start with the next farthest thing which will be the mountain range way in the background. Now for this, sometimes if I'm feeling ambitious, I'll actually mask off with tape the shape of the mountain range and then paint in. If I'm feeling lazy, which is usually the case, I'll just go straight in with my sponge using the corner and block in the mountain range from there. You'll notice that the color is actually darker at the top than it is at the bottom. This is called atmospheric perspective. That means as you get closer to the ground, you've got more dust particles, more atmosphere between you and the object and that creates this haze that you see. So, that is a key in creating depth in the picture plane. After I've got the basic shape blocked in, I usually grab my fan brush again, dab it in something a little lighter, in this case it was a golden sort of ochre color. And just pick out a few spots that are going to be highlighted that will really sort of give the mountain dimension. Again, you always want to work as fast as you can because this does dry awfully quickly. The smaller details like the vineyard and the trees, each can be done with your sea sponge, dabbing the fan brush or your cellulose sponge. I favor the fan brush, but that's just me.

Actual Use of Brush Strokes in Wall Mural Painting

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