Welcome to Paint a Mural 101! If you want to transfer your artwork to a wall, or if you’d like to expand your current design business into mural work, this is the guide for you. Each lesson includes video content, workbooks and templates.
In this course, you’ll learn:
- Mural basics and template designs
- How to write a mural design brief
- How to assess the space you'll be painting in
- Designing your mural
- Things to prepare before you paint
- How to transfer your design to the wall
- Priming, cleaning and preparing the wall
- Paint type, equipment and safety
- Guide to painting best practice
- Bonus content: Contracts, charging and clients
Your Instructor
Elloise is an Australian mural artist and designer living in the UK. She's painted murals big and small for organisations all over the world, including RMIT University, Lentil As Anything and Orange Sky Australia to name a few.
Elloise is also passionate about education and sharing her skills, so she created "Paint a Mural 101" to do just that!
Course Curriculum
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StartLesson 6 - Transfer methods (0:53)
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Start6.1 Pounce Method (3:19)
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Start6.2 Trace Method (2:13)
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Start6.3 Projector Method (1:36)
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StartLesson 7 - Preparing the wall (2:03)
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StartLesson 8 - Paint, equipment and safety (6:46)
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Start8.1 Making a Mahl stick (1:42)
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StartLesson 9 - Painting guide (3:23)
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Start9.1 Brush care (0:28)
"This is such a great class full of content, practical tips and invaluable work-arounds. Elloise covers absolutely everything you need to think about when painting a mural. Each stage is easy to follow and includes a bunch of practical tips. You’ll come out of this armed with a toolkit of techniques and knowledge that will set you up for approaching all future large-scale artworks!"
- Leona Fietz, Designer and Letterer, @leonafietz
"I would recommend 'Paint a Mural 101' to anyone wanting to begin incorporating painting murals in their freelance work. It has thoughtful and clear step-by-step instructions that outline the whole process, including how to organise your first mural. The downloadable workbooks, email templates, sample briefs and intro to charging and clients are so valuable for complete beginners to feel confident in including murals in their future freelance work."
- Casey Schuurman, Lettering and Custom Typography, @caseyschuurman