Art & Crafts Year 3 Week 6

Mural as a form of Art: Topic: Murals are large scale paintings, painted directly on walls, ceilings, and many

other surfaces.

A brief history of the mural:

The word mural originates from the Latin word “murus”, meaning “wall”. Today, we can

define murals as any piece of artwork painted or applied directly onto a wall, ceiling or

other larger permanent surfaces.

The earliest art murals were cave paintings. Murals were created from stories, values, and

dreams, of various groups of people and it flowed out of their soul. Murals have been

used to aid understanding for illiterate people. Depictions were painted on the walls of

churches and engraved into stone or wood.

Murals have also been used to inspire people in troubled times. This tradition is still

practiced today.

Examples of murals:

Mural On The Tower Records Building, Berlin Wall Mural East SideAustin’s University Area, Austin, Texas Gallery Berlin Germany

Pixel Pancho and Vhils, 2013 – Lisbon Pastel – Mural for Milestone Project, Girona, Spain, 2015

Benefits of Murals:

1. Murals are eye catching. They demand attention from everybody.2. Murals make a statement. Because murals are unique, they make a bold personal statement. 3. Murals can lift your spirits. Studies have repeatedly shown that colours affect emotions. 4. Murals work in any location. Murals are not just limited to the outer wall. You can jazz up your classroom, or the dull corridor into a new landscape.How to paint a mural:

Creating a mural takes time, talent, and research. But this whole process is done in 5

basic steps:

1. Get a design / picture:2. Choose the right wall and prepare your wall:3. Paint the undercoat on the wall:4. Draw the pictures on the wall:5. Paint the wall:

Equipment and method of each step:

Step 1: Get a design / picture:

The design / picture that you choose will depend on the location and what the purpose of

the mural is. Example: if it is for a Nursery school, you will want to use something like

Disney characters, etc.

A good way to start your search for the correct design or picture, is to page through

magazines or to go on the internet.

Get your own ideas, or combine ideas and let the creative juices flow.

Draw your design on paper.

Plan which colours you are going to use.

Equipment:

Magazines Internet Pencil & Paper Choose your colours

for drawing

Step 2: Choose the right wall and prepare your wall: (Filling of holes and cracks and to

make the surface smooth)

You want to make your piece visible to other people, because you don’t want to waste

your precious time in making the monumental artwork which nobody is able to see. Make

sure the surface is smooth.

Examine the wall to find all the holes and cracks.

Fill each hole and crack with the filler by putting the filler on the trowel

and then you scrape it of in the hole or

crack.

Spread the filler in the hole or crack.

Scrape with the trowel over the filler to make it level with the wall.

Scrape excess filler off.

Let it dry.

Smooth the rough pieces by sanding it with sanding paper.

Equipment:

Trowel Filler

Sanding paper

Step 3: Paint the undercoat on the wall:

Use undercoat in order to create a clean and blank surface to do your artwork on.

Put the plastic or newspapers on the floor where you are going to paint. It must be

right against the wall to protect the floor from getting messed with paint.

Paste masking tape on the floor, right against the wall to protect the floor from

getting messed with paint.

Stir the paint well, by using a clean stick.

Pour some paint in the paint pan.

Carefully roll the roller in the pan and roll excess paint off on

the flat side of the pan.

Roll the roller evenly on the wall by rolling it up and down.

Use the small, flat brush to paint the sides and corners.

Use the ladder to get to the higher places.

When you are finished painting, pour the paint back in the tin.

Make sure the tin is properly closed.

Wash the brushes, rollers and pan with water immediately after you’ve used it.

Put the plastic away and throw the used newspapers away.

Make sure that all the paint messes are cleaned up with a wet cloth.

Equipment:

This paint is called “Universal Undercoat”. It is a white coloured paint and it is water

based, which means that you can clean the brushes with water.

paint pan roller undercoat ladder

small, flat brush masking tape plastic

Step 4: Draw the pictures on the wall:

Choose the pictures you want to have on the wall.

If you have an overhead projector, you will have to do the following:

Put the plastic/file-pocket over the pictures that you have drawn.

Carefully draw the picture on the plastic/file-pocket by using a permanent marker.

Put the plastic/file-pocket with the picture on it, on top of the overhead projector so

that it shines on the wall.

Draw the lines on the wall by using a pencil.

If you do not have an overhead projector, the best other way to transfer your design

onto the large wall surface is by using a grid.

Split your sketch into smaller squares in proportion to the wall.

Split your wall in bigger squares in proportion to the sketch.

Replicate the squares from your drawing into corresponding squares on the wall

surface.

After your picture is set you can erase the grid lines.

Equipment:

overhead-projector plastic/file-pocket permanent marker

pencil grid pictures

Step 5: Painting of the drawn pictures on the wall :

The best paint to use, is normal wall paint - “Acrylic PVA”. This paint has a water base,

which means that you can clean the brushes with water

Put the plastic or newspapers on the floor where you are going to paint. It must be

right against the wall to protect the floor from getting messed with paint.

Paste masking tape on the floor, right against the wall to protect the floor from

getting messed with paint.

Stir the paint well, by using a clean stick.

Pour some paint that you want to use for the mural in paint containers.

Use painting brushes to paint the drawn pictures.

Use the ladder to get to the higher places.

When you are finished painting, pour the paint back in the tin.

Make sure the tin is properly closed.

Wash the brushes and pallet, every time after you’ve used it, with water.

Put the plastic away and throw the used newspapers

away.

Make sure that all the paint messes are cleaned up with

a wet cloth.

Equipment:

Acrylic PVA paint Paint-containers and paint brushes Ladder

 

Activity Date:___________________

Answer the following questions:

QUESTION 1 :

Give a brief description of what a MURAL is:______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(2)QUESTION 2 : TRUE OR FALSE

Indicate whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.Make a CROSS (X) in the appropriate column next to each statement:

STATEMENTS TRUE FALSE

1.1The earliest art murals were paintings on a ceiling of a church.

1.2Murals have also been used to inspire people in troubled times.

1.3 Murals can lift your spirits.

1.4 Murals can only be painted on the outer walls of buildings.

1.5 Murals demand attention from everybody.

(5)

QUESTION 3 :

Name the FIVE (5) basic steps that you have to follow when doing a Mural:

1. ______________________________________________________________2. ______________________________________________________________3. ______________________________________________________________4. ______________________________________________________________5. ______________________________________________________________

(5)

QUESTION 4 :

Indicate which of the following equipment is used when doing a Mural. Circle the correct pictures: (5)

QUESTION 5 :

You have been commissioned to make a mural for a baby’s room. Make a drawing to show your proposal for the wall in the space below. Please use full colour. (7)

Reflect on the difference between Art & Crafts (Year 2)

Mixed Media

The term “mixed media art” is a broad definition that covers many arts and crafts, including collage, assemblage (both 2D and 3D), altered objects, including books and boxes, handmade greeting cards, artist trading cards (ATCs) and tags, art journaling and book making.

The “mixed media” used includes paints, papers and board of all descriptions, glues, buttons, fabrics, found objects, photos, metal bits, fibres, things from nature, inks, pencils, crayons, markers, pastels and polymer clays, to name a few.