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

(Available in the download only)

• Starting Small
• Advertising
• Pricing

Kosmic Kreations asks that you please test our paint or powder for suitability for your intended use before large scale application. While all our paints and powders are non toxic they are not FDA approved for use on skin, hair or in any cosmetic product. So please, please do not intentionally apply these products to the body or hair.

We are not responsible for the outcomes of your projects or any undesired effects that may occur from the use of our products.