Didn't really know where to post this, but here goes..
My room is relatively new and I was thinking I could decorate some of the blank walls/ceiling.
Never did anything like this before so I was looking for advice.
This is my ceiling [url]http://i.imgur.com/8Pnug.jpg[/url]
It goes diagonally down like this [url]http://i.imgur.com/HW6MH.jpg[/url]
The theme of the paintings (I have no idea how this thing is even called) would be something gaming related, Tf2, L4D 1/2 , Portal, stuff like that. But I'm not looking for that much advice on the idea of the painting, but how to do it, how to prepare, what skills/tools I will need.
And now I wait! :)
How good of an artist are you? If you're doing massive paintings you have a few options.
Draw it on the wall freehand with a pencil and when you come to paint your design, mask off the areas you don't want painting with tape and newspaper.
Secondly you can grid your design up. Use a ratio for the squares on the design you want and scale it up on the wall. e.g. 10cm on the design is 100cm, etc and draw the design. Repeat masking process.
thirdly, grab an overhead-projector and cut out the design like a stencil and draw it on the wall. This works well for simple designs as using an OHP causes the edges to become fuzzy. Repeat masking process.
Just an awesome suggestion, use some blackboard paint and paint a nice rectangle, or whole wall near or around your computer (or wherever you want) so you can jot down notes and draw awesome pictures with chalk pens! :smile:
[QUOTE=dead60;32556164]How good of an artist are you? If you're doing massive paintings you have a few options.
Draw it on the wall freehand with a pencil and when you come to paint your design, mask off the areas you don't want painting with tape and newspaper.
Secondly you can grid your design up. Use a ratio for the squares on the design you want and scale it up on the wall. e.g. 10cm on the design is 100cm, etc and draw the design. Repeat masking process.
thirdly, grab an overhead-projector and cut out the design like a stencil and draw it on the wall. This works well for simple designs as using an OHP causes the edges to become fuzzy. Repeat masking process.
Just an awesome suggestion, use some blackboard paint and paint a nice rectangle, or whole wall near or around your computer (or wherever you want) so you can jot down notes and draw awesome pictures with chalk pens! :smile:[/QUOTE]
I'll take your advice to note.
A question though, what kind of paint should I use? Cause for starters I'd rather use easy to wash off paint if I make crude mistakes or such.
My artistic skills are novice at best. Doodling at school, drawing random stuff on my sketchbook, recently got a tablet so that's been fun too.
I guess you can vectorise your designs which would be useful. Ultimately depends on what you're going to do - make your own, merge different designs, use an existing design.
As for paints, consider the size of the design and the colours. I don't know what brand of paints you have in Lithuania but usually you can get tester pots. I have only painted a logo on a wall a few times and I used wall paint (emulsion) It gets difficult to work with when you do finer stuff as the emulsion will tend to glob together. The downside is that mixing emulsion paints tend to fuck up as the pigment is low.
My friend used acrylic paints, not watered down, and then she just glazed the design over with a matt finish to protect it. These are nice to work with and mix well.
there's no real easy to wash paint (not that I know of), that's why I recommended masking off the design with masking tape and newspaper. Just use a medium brush and paint the border. At a later stage you can go around the edges with the original wall paint to touch things up.
[QUOTE=dead60;32556164]How good of an artist are you? If you're doing massive paintings you have a few options.
Draw it on the wall freehand with a pencil and when you come to paint your design, mask off the areas you don't want painting with tape and newspaper.
Secondly you can grid your design up. Use a ratio for the squares on the design you want and scale it up on the wall. e.g. 10cm on the design is 100cm, etc and draw the design. Repeat masking process.
thirdly, grab an overhead-projector and cut out the design like a stencil and draw it on the wall. This works well for simple designs as using an OHP causes the edges to become fuzzy. Repeat masking process.
Just an awesome suggestion, use some [B]blackboard paint and paint a nice rectangle, or whole wall near or around your computer (or wherever you want) so you can jot down notes and draw awesome pictures with chalk pens![/B] :smile:[/QUOTE]
This is an awesome idea. I'm moving soon, and the apartment I'm looking at allows residents to paint their rooms; this is something I'm going to keep in mind!
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;32581562]This is an awesome idea. I'm moving soon, and the apartment I'm looking at allows residents to paint their rooms; this is something I'm going to keep in mind![/QUOTE]
When I get my own place, I am going to dedicate a whole wall so it will be a giant blackboard.
Santa, keep us updated as of when you're going to paint your wall.
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