1. What is a Mural?<br />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.<br />