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31 Days of Character Building: Easy Silhouette Mural Tutorial

Yesterday's post was dedicated to paint colors.


Today and tomorrow, I will be sharing how I used a few simple custom painting techniques to create character in the kids' rooms...



In my Daughter's Room, I wanted to incorporate her love of horses into the design.  Since she is a tween now, I wanted to do it in a contemporary, sophisticated, graphic way. 

Here is how I created this simple silhouette mural:

~First, I painted the wall dark brown.  
~I used an overhead projector (borrowed from our church) to project the image of a horse on the wall and used a pencil to trace the silhouette. 
~I filled in the image using a detail brush (for the outline), a trim brush (for the fill-in), and the aqua wall paint used in the rest of the room.  



To further customize the space, I added a few inspirational sayings.  I did an internet search for inspirational horse quotes.  I typed them into Word, converted them to a large font size and printed them out onto several sheets of paper.  Using pattern tracing paper from the fabric store, I traced the lettering onto the wall.  Using a detail brush and gold acrylic paint, I filled in the outlines.  



A trick I came up with is to use chalk to trace a level line on the wall as a guide for the lettering.  The chalk wipes away easily when you are finished. 


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5 comments:

  1. Love it! Beautiful colors, quotes and images. Thanks for the chalk tip too...cheers!

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  2. hi, could you share where you found such a beautiful silhouette of a horse? My daughter is into horses but it's hard to find tasteful things in that area. I love this idea, I was an elementary school teacher so def know how to use an overhead projector--but not sure about finding the outline. Any suggestions? thanks

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  3. Hi Sarah, how sweet! What a fantastic job you did... My daughter is 6 and would love love love this! Thank you for being so generous and taking the time to post all your tutorials and tips! Looking forward to more!

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  4. This is Gorgeous I love that its Getting way from pink can't handle the frilly girly look Your Daughter must love it You are Very Talented :-)

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  5. AMAZING!!! I love love love this idea!

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