The one thing about going away for a long weekend to Santa Fe and Taos is that you come back feeling incredibly arty. This is probably not a good thing. I have an old fashioned bathroom that really needs new wall tiles, and updated floor and a good coat of paint. Since I am cheap and not that handy when in comes to tiling or flooring I decided instead to paint a mural.

I did some research on the web and soon decided that my orginal plan of a poppie field was way to advanced for my poor arty capabilities. So I bought some paint, some painter's tape (for straight lines and curvy ones) and some brushes. I also bought some tiny plastic tupperware bowls for my paint at Walmart for some insanely cheap price.

I got my trusty pencil and drew on the shapes. I then taped like mad. And started to paint. THis was before I caught the dreaded flu bug.

Lessons learnt?

Don't use painters tape. The paint tends to bleed through creating some nasty edges.

Also make sure that you sand the surface down. I have decided I rather like the texture of my walls. But if I were painting a real mural I would want a smooth surface.

I am quite pleased with the effect and plan to paint some more flowers on the other wall.

This is just a part of my wall. Note I have a window, plug and roll dispenser. According to wall muralists this is not optimum for a wall mural. But rules are supposed to be broken!

Update: I have finally finished my wall mural. I had great fun doing it. I ended up not using painter's tape at all and I still ended up with the effect I wanted.