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For covering large areas with paint, pick up some wide brushes. The sizes you'll need largely depend on the amount of detail you'll be painting. You'll need a variety of paintbrushes, from small to wide.

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If you're learning how to paint a mural, using the best brands will result in a better outcome. Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics adhere well to walls made of concrete, plaster or cement, due to the chemical alkalinity of the paints. Most brands of acrylics will work well for indoor mural painting, but the most highly recommended brand is Liquitex Soft Body Acrylics (this links to Blick Art Materials, and if you make a purchase I get a small commission that helps support this site) , although Liquitex Heavy Body paints are good too. To tackle the detailed work on your mural, use your tubes and jars of artist-quality acrylics and proceed just as if you were painting on canvas.

Eggshell, however, is just right, because it can be cleaned and it can safely accept layers of paint on top of it. The flat sheen is also not the best choice because it cannot be scrubbed. Steer away from satin or semi-gloss sheens, because they will be too shiny. Elastic straps can be hot glued on if the mask is wearable.ġ4.Interior household paint comes in four different sheens: flat, eggshell, satin and semi-gloss. have them use non drying clay to mold the piece, then wrap clay in plastic wrap, paper mache over it exposing one side, they once dried pull clay out and you are left with a hollow extension that can be hot glued onto mask.ġ3. Optional: If students wish to add things like horns, large ears, etc. Let students paint with acrylics or bring in feathers and jewels to decorate it.ġ2. Let mask dry for a few days so it's good and strong. It takes about a week to get all 50 of my students molded, broken up about 18 kids per class.ġ1. *Must complete the molding stage within one class period per, you can't start it then pick it up the next day. Let the masks dry and have student go wash up. The teacher will carefully pull the mask off and have student squish their face while it is being pulled.ġ0. Once molded, the mask will dry until it is warm to the touch. Dipping each strip carefully into warm water and rubbing it with fingers, students will look at the person's design and mold it onto their face, layering 3-4 layers for thickness. Group members will cut various sizes of the plaster cloth and sort them into piles.ħ. Group members will cut a hole in the top of a large trash bag and then put it over the person getting masked and have them sit down.Ħ. Group members will tie back head hair and then wrap plastic wrap around it to keep it clean and away from the plaster.ĥ. The person whose turn it is will put Vaseline on eyebrows and all exposed hair on their face (side burns, eyelashes if eyes are being covered, etc).Ĥ.

Students will sketch out a design of the mask they wish to create.ģ.Students will take turns molding a person's mask on their face.

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