31 Days of Character Building: Easy Silhouette Mural Tutorial

Welcome to my 31 Days Series, Building Character.

Yesterday's post was dedicated to paint colors.

Today and tomorrow, I will be sharing how I used a few simple custom painting techniques to create character in the kids' rooms...



In my Daughter's Room, I wanted to incorporate her love of horses into the design.  Since she is a tween now, I wanted to do it in a contemporary, sophisticated, graphic way. 

Here is how I created this simple silhouette mural:

~First, I painted the wall dark brown.  

~I used an overhead projector (borrowed from our church) to project the image of a horse on the wall and used a pencil to trace the silhouette. 

~I filled in the image using a detail brush (for the outline), a trim brush (for the fill-in), and the aqua wall paint used in the rest of the room.  

To further customize the space, I added a few inspirational sayings.  I did an internet search for inspirational horse quotes.  I typed them into Word, converted them to a large font size and printed them out onto several sheets of paper.  Using pattern tracing paper from the fabric store, I traced the lettering onto the wall.  Using a detail brush and gold acrylic paint, I filled in the outlines.  

A trick I came up with is to use chalk to trace a level line on the wall as a guide for the lettering.  The chalk wipes away easily when you are finished. 

Thanks for stopping by.  See you tomorrow!

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