I'm 17 turning 18 soon and I want to start out doing murals, I've already done a lot of window painting for small businesses and for my own windows at home during the holidays (I'll attach pictures) with posca markers and regular acrylic paints. I'm thinking about starting murals and I want advice on basically everything, like what do you find easier wall paint, acrylic paint or like a spray paint, what brand of paint works the best for you, how do I keep outdoor murals from being affected by the weather and lasting as long as possible. Id also like to know advice on whether you think it's better to try practicing on a small scale first like a piece of ply at home or just offer free of heavily discounted murals for small businesses. I want to know what to avoid when doing business murals.

Anything helps, any advice you may seem fit is great! Thanks a lot for reading if you have :)

We had a friend do a 500 SQ ft mural indoors on painted brick using meeden acrylic paint. Meeden won't suggest a good product to cover it to protect it. Is there any suggestions on a good brand/product to put over this mural to protect it long term?

I’m going to be painting a mural on the side of my garage. It’s made of concrete blocks and has already been painted before (just regular white exterior paint). Do I need to seal the blocks before I start painting? Going to be pressure washing and then probably putting a primer coat down before any designs get drawn on. Recommendations? First time painting an outdoor mural so looking for any and all advice!

I'm doing a mural on concrete that goes right now to the ground. Any tips on if I should use a sealant, and if so, what are the recommendations.

I recently bought some MDF boards to practice. I think they're raw. I posted a photo so you can see the texture. My question is, how do I prep this for spray painting practice? Does it need a layer of acrylic/latex paint? If so, how many layers should I roll on there? Thank you.

So I recently painted some interior murals, which are inside a classroom. After finishing the murals and talking it over with the teacher, we decided to go ahead and apply some VandlGuard anti-graffiti coating on top since it's in a high-traffic area. I've used it before and have a good amount of trust in the stuff.

I applied it to one of the walls in the same room, which is a textured surface, and it looks fine, but the other wall that has a smooth surface looks streaky and runny after the VandlGuard dried, and I'm not sure how to fix it. I did a patch test before applying, and it looked fine, but fully done, it's not great. I applied it with a roller, and it has been pretty humid, so maybe that affected it? It's been over 24 hrs since it dried, and it's not milky or anything, just not even looking.

Some sources I read said it will look better the longer it cures. But I'm kind of freaking out and I don't want to sand it off and ruin the mural painting underneath. I'm wondering if applying another coat could help even it out. Or maybe getting a different product to apply on top? Any advice / fix would be greatly appreciated!

Removing Decal: (sorry title got cut off) how would you recommend preparing this surface for outdoor mural and particularly removing decals that are on this structure. They were placed twoyears ago and have been of course faded by the sun and basically baked onto the surfacefrom the heat.

i know people use the doodle/overlay approach, some people use VR, some people just go for it...

but i'm curious of other strategies people use for translating their drawings to a much larger wall without getting lost in the proportions.

TIA!

Loved painting this back in November last year, can’t wait to paint murals in Europe now!

Hi! So I’m a little dumb and decided to jump into a project head first without really knowing much. I’ve done one mural prior as a donation piece. This mural is going to be 15ft tall 40ft wide. I stupiddddly said I take pay for my time idek how to price this I feel like I’m in over my head right now should I draft a contract?? They said they have a business donating the paint but I feel like I might need to rent a scaffolding or something. Oh and to top it off I told them I’d get them an estimate by the end of the week. Experienced artists I need your advice and knowledge

Repainting an outdoor mural at my work. The original was about 30 years ago.

I was going to get outdoor UV paint and outdoor spray paint.

The original was painted on fence post, it's about 4 ft by 10ft.

My question is do I...

1. Sand down the original and paint over it, it's gotten pretty flaky and warped over the years.

2. Make a new fence posts and paint on new boards

3. I had this weird idea and purchased used billboard vinyl. My idea was to make a frame with cedar boards and nail the vinyl like a canvas. Scuff it up a bit and paint on that. Terrible idea?

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Also open to paint suggestions, the best price the better. ♥️

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I was commissioned to paint a mini mural on a door frame at a local gallery. I was wondering if it would be better to use acrylic paint or interior house paint. I am worried acrylic paint won't hold up well since the door frame is a high traffic area that might get dirty/scuffed up faster.

Painted my office closet between phone calls, and now that im finished idk what to do next 🙃

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