eHow launches Android app: Get the best of eHow on the go.
Are the kids tired of looking at the same, boring bedroom walls? Paint a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
There are 16 videos in this series:
Mural supplies include paint, rollers, trays, brushes and a flat head screwdriver. Gather supplies for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
Before painting, get a good idea of how the child's bathroom mural should look when finished. Research a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
Experiment with different colors for the mural by drawing with markers, crayons or paints on paper. Pick colors for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
Tape the edges around the painting area before starting the child's bedroom mural. Prepare a child's bedroom for painting a mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
Remember to stir the paint for the mural with a paint stick before pouring it. Pour paint for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
Paint the background, which is farthest away, first for the child's bedroom mural. Paint the sky for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
Get the paint even on the roller before painting the savanna on the wall. Paint the savanna for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
A brush that is two to three inches wide should be used for the mural's hillsides. Paint hillsides for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
A lion for the mural can be drawn freehand or with stencils. Sketch a lion for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
Draw the zebra for the mural with a side profile. Sketch a zebra for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
Meerkats sunning and playing on rocks will add a playful element to the mural. Sketch meerkats and rocks for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
The mural's lion can be painted in three colors: medium yellow, matte brown and darker yellow. Paint a lion for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
Everyone knows zebras are black and white, a nice contrast in the mural. Paint a zebra for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
The rocks are a nice, simple painting portion of the mural without all the detail of the animals. Paint rocks for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
The details of the mural's meerkats require detailed brushes, a narrow foam brush and a small bristle brush. Paint meerkats for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
Clouds and grass will add some nice detail to the mural. Paint grass and clouds for a child's bedroom mural with tips from a professional artist in this free home decor video.
Kids feeling hemmed in by the drab walls in the bedroom? Bored with those same old posters and prints? Well why not add a safari scene to that mundane living space! With a wall mural one can conquer space and time to bring a scenic vista from anyplace one likes into one's very own home. Watch lions and zebras on a hillside while a meerkat watches with interest. Anything is possible with a wall mural! Children who love such Disney films as "The Lion King" will love a safari mural in the bedroom. In this free home decor video series, a professional artist will give instructions for painting a children's wall mural in the bedroom. Get tips on planning and gathering supplies. Learn how to outline the mural elements. Receive advice for painting the backgrounds and each aspect of the mural.
Matt Cail Matt Cail is a painter, makeup artist and cartoonist who grew up drawing Dracula. While in college, he acted in, directed and designed the University of Washington's campus haunted house. During this time, Cail also began to create oil paintings. <BR /><BR />Cail currently offers his art through two commercial websites: www.homepaintings.biz and www.horrorart.biz, where he takes commissions, sells paintings, caricatures, and other drawings. He draws cartoons and comic strips, which are online at www.horrorcomicstrip.com.dkdk
Read More
Copyright © 1999-2009 eHow, Inc. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. en-US Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.
