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painting on masonry primed walls
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Hey folks
I've been commissioned to do a massive project in public house, doing a series of artworks on the walls, ceiling and a billboard. It's my 1st big project.
The walls and ceiling inside the pub are primed with masonry paint, meaning it is washable/waterproof. I specialise mainly in oil paints but for this project i think using acrylics would be better and safer. although i'd still rather use oils. Do acrylic painters use the same sort of technique when starting a painting, blocking it out with a brown paint like van dyke brown or burnt sienna, etc?
I've not used acrylics for a very long time(10 years to be precise) and was wondering what brand is best to use ? there are just so many types it's confusing, heavy body, soft body, high fluid, fluid, cheap shite from the works, some other types whatever they are called.
Are masonry primed walls are suitable to paint on? would it absorb well or just be like painting on glass? and what kind of mediums can i use to keep it wet like oil paints?
I've already made the amateur mistake of drawing on the walls before thinking about this lol I can re-draw them back as I have drawn them on tracing paper 1st then carbon transfer but that's a ball ache.
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The one you want here is Amanda Bates - who hasn't been on the forum for a week or two; hope she's all right....
She has painted murals, and that's essentially what you'll be doing. I think rather than chip in with suppositions about what might work, I'll suggest you Google "Mural painting" instead - there's a young man on YouTube who goes by the name of Mural Joe, who might offer a tip or two.
All I can usefully say is that acrylic seems the obvious medium, and probably you're after a heavy-bodied one; how you keep the paint workable over a large expanse; plenty of water, mixed with retarding agent, I would think. And yes, you can build up acrylic paint from a monochrome as you suggest (although you don't have to).