wall mural - airplanes

Wall Mural : Airplanes

Projects

Wall Mural: Airplanes
We were doing a kids room in
airplanes and the only wall paper
patterns we could find had fighter jets
shooting (not age appropriate).

Computer & Projector
We found images of airplanes we
wanted on the walls. Using a
computer and a projector the images
were projected on the wall and traced
lightly in pencil.

Painting
We painted the planes with acrylic
craft paint. They can be mixed to
make the color you want, they are
durable enough and they are
inexpensive. A small art brush was
used to paint near the edges.

What did I learn?

You don't have to be an artist
to have acceptable results -
the more time you spend the
better the results will be.
Paint the airplanes or at least
your favorite ones on artist's
canvas so you can move the
pictures if you want to
rearrange the room, keep them
after you change the room or
give them to somebody else. I
wish we had done that.
Paint them high enough on the
walls that interested kids can
not touch them, but they can
look at them. We painted high
so I can not tell you what
happens. Other people said to
cover the image with clear
varnish to protect the paint, we
did not do that and there
appear to be no adverse
effects.