1. What is a Mural?
A mural is an extremely large work of art,
most often a painting, applied to the
surface of a wall, ceiling, or floor. A mural
can be one of several different styles, but
all are designed to bring beauty to the
building, whether inside or out. Many
major cities feature murals along freeway
sound barriers or underpasses. You might
also spot a mural on the side of a
downtown building. Refineries and energy
companies sometimes use an outdoor
mural to introduce colour and brightness
and to distract the eye from industrial
stacks and machinery.
Most modern artists make a smaller
version of the painting and then usually
use projectors to project it on the wall and
pencil in an outline before painting it.