There are three main steps to producing an attractive wall mural or painting: 1) Planning details of the painting such as location, paint type, and design; 2) Preparing the surface by priming and painting a base coat; 3) Colouring the mural design using brushes of appropriate sizes and allowing layers to dry before adding the next. Following these steps makes mural painting easier than imagined and ensures the mural will have wide appeal and evoke meaning for the community.

1. Cha Yun Xian
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ENGLISH 1 ELG30505
FNBE January, 2015

2. Essay question:
3. Identify the steps involved in producing an attractive wall painting or mural
art. Then, write a process essay to describe this process.
Pre-writing (listing)
There are thousands types of art work
Mural art is one of it
Mural art is the oldest art
Mural art is painted on a wall
Shows concerns, hope, value, and memories of the community
Mural art is easy to create
Three steps
Planning details of painting
Background preparation
Colouring of mural design
Details of painting includes location, types of paint, and design
Surface
Flat and smooth
Round and rough-textured
Types of paint
Exterior
Oil based alkyd enamel
Polyurethane enamel
Acrylic exterior paints

3. Interior
Latex paint
Easy to clean up
Cheaper
Less odour
Mural design
Photograph or sketches
Sense of proportion
Colour Scheme
Prepare surface
Prime the surface
Measure the location of specific features
Paint in base coat
Depends on subject
Pale blue for sky
Brown or green for ground
Mark mural design on background
Use scale sketch
Plot points
Freehand
Colour mural design
Size of brushes
Roller
Sprayer
Large brushes for large surface area

4. Small brushes for tiny details
Block out large area of colours first
Wait for the colour to dry before proceeding to the next adjacent colour
Paint over mistakes
Sharpen lines
Add highlights
Add deep shadows
Over coating
Apply final protective varnish
Protect mural from weathering
Pollution
Dirt
Mural will live longer
“Principle of true art is not to portray, but to evoke”
Good public art
Mural art is painted in public
See by the community
Mural art evokes
By following mural painting steps
Easy
Everyone can paint mural
Wide Appeal

5. Essay
From earliest times to the present day, there are thousands types of art
work such as sculpture, printing, crafting and painting. The oldest art in the
history of human being's painting is mural painting. Mural art is a very large
piece of artwork that usually painted directly on a wall. It often shows the
concerns, hopes, values and memories of the community where the murals
are painted. Painting a mural requires a great deal of preparation, equipment,
and effort. However, with a good plan and attention to detail, painting a mural
is easier than imagined. There are three simple steps to create a mural
painting, including planning the details of the painting, preparing background
for wall murals, and colouring the mural design.
The first step of mural painting is to plan the details of the painting. The
important details of mural painting include location of painting, types of paint,
and design. Mural can be painted on flat, smooth or even round, rough-
textured surfaces. For exterior murals that are expected to last for years,
using an oil based alkyd enamel or polyurethane enamel, or newer 100%
acrylic exterior paints may be the best bet, whereas for interior murals, latex
paints may offer easier cleanup, lower costs, and less odour. As for design,
choose a photograph or sketches that will give you a sense of proportion and
ideas for the colour scheme you will use. Some of the most successful mural
images communicate their messages without the need of text because the
visuals are self-explanatory. However, remember to keep an eye out for
drawings that display wonderful insight and creativity, but lack artistic skill.

6. Second, prepare the surface that the mural is going to be painted.
Measure the location of specific features for your mural after you have primed
the surface to receive your choice of paint. Then, paint in the base coat of the
background. If your subject is a landscape, paint the sky pale blue for a
daylight sky, and the foreground grey, brown, or green, depending on the type
of landscape you intend to portray. When the background and base coats is
dry, begin marking the mural design on the background using scaled sketch.
Depending on the complexity of your choice of subject, you may want to
actually plot enough points to create a connect-the-dots effect, or if you are
confident in your artistic ability, you may choose to sketch all of the details in
freehand.
After the preparation of background is done, it is time to colour the
mural design. Paint in details with brushes of suitable size for the portion of
work you are painting. For example, when painting a large tree, large brushes,
or even a roller or sprayer can be used to paint the trunk and large limbs,
while small brushes can be used to paint tiny limbs and twigs. Blocking out
the largest areas of colour first allows you to apply the paint with the most
efficient method, whether you choose a paint roller or a sprayer. Always allow
each colour to dry before proceeding to the next adjacent colour unless you
need to blend the colours to create shading or intermediate hues and tones as
part of your design. If you have a drip or run, paint over it with the paint
appropriate for that location, sharpen lines if they are blurred between colours,
and add highlights or deep shadows if these are desired. Last but not least, a

7. final protective varnish should be applied on the completed mural to protect it
from weathering, pollution and dirt.
According to Jerzy Kosinski (n.d), “the principle of true art is not to
portray, but to evoke”. A good public art says something about the community,
just like all murals do. Murals are paintings that have a difference kind of
purpose and effect on the lives of those who see them. They are public art in
the best sense, because they are usually created in public, with the
community looking on. By following the three simple steps, including planning
the details of the painting, preparing background for wall murals, and
colouring the mural design, everyone can create a mural, and it surely will
have the widest appeal of all.

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