Guide to Painting Star Murals

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Introduction

Tools of the Trade

• Paint
• Premixed paint vs Powdered Pigments
• General Tools
• Painting Tools
• Design Tools

Room Design

• Using a Toy Planetarium
• Design Using an Image Program
• Creating the Design
• Laying out the design
• What you will need
• Marking the grid
• Mapping out the stars
• Painting the stars
• Using Individual Constellation Stencils
• Astronomically Correct Murals

Creating Stencils

• Making Stencils From Letter Sized Templates
• What you'll need
• Making Stencils from Tiled Templates
• What you'll need

Mixing Your Own Paint

• Why Mix Your Own Glow in the Dark Paint?
• Glow in the Dark Paint Basics
• Pigment
• Medium
• Thinner
• Thickener
• What Products?
• Choosing the Right Powder
• Choosing the Right Medium
• Choosing the Right Thinner or Thickener
• Paint mixing Tools and Supplies
• Preparing the Medium
• Adding the Pigment
• Store and Label
• Useful Recipes
• Glow in the Dark Paint for use with Syringes
• Glow in the Dark Paint Paint for Effects.

Painting on Colored Surfaces

• Example of Surface Colors
• Glow Duration
• Glow and After-Glow
• Light and White Backgrounds and UV Light Source
• Dark Backgrounds and UV Light Source
• Light and White Backgrounds and CFL Light Source
• Dark Backgrounds and CFL Light Source
• Light and White Backgrounds and Incandescent Light Source
• Dark Backgrounds and Incandescent Light Source
• Rooms with Recessed Lights

Room Preparation

Painting Stars

• 3D Stars
• What you'll need
• How to use the Syringe
• How to use the Elmer’s Glue Bottle

Special Effects

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• Preparing Paint
• Choosing the correct medium
• Mixing the paint
• Sponging
• Example of using a large sponge
• Example of using a small sponge
• Nail Brush
• Sweeping and twisting
• Flicking
• Pouncing
• Stippling

Considerations

• What Color ceiling/walls are to be painted?
• What light source is available to charge the star mural?
• What type of light source?
• What color glow in the dark paint?
• What size stars?
• Final thoughts

Doing it as a Business

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• Starting Small
• Advertising
• Pricing