Fine Arts · Painting
Make a mural with your class
Design and paint a wall mural for your school on a theme the class chooses.
- DifficultyEasy
- Estimated time1–2 weeks
- Budget₹500–₹1,000
- ClassClass 7–12
- Team5 people
- You needHousehold materials
Prerequisites: None beyond your class work
Original · by TechnifyedArt ProjectCommunity ProjectBeginner friendly
Overview
Design and paint a wall mural for your school on a theme the class chooses.
Skills you will use
Safety
- Wear safety glasses and gloves, work in a ventilated place, label every container and wash your hands afterwards. Do not taste or smell chemicals directly, and do not mix chemicals beyond the steps given.
Materials and tools
- Permission and a wall
- Wall paints and brushes
- Chalk
- Ladders used with supervision
Step-by-step roadmap
Start
You will finish with: a finished mural and a process record.
- 1
Prerequisites
Nothing special to know first. Then collect the 4 items in the materials list.
- 2
Learn
Read up on painting: collaboration, mural, public art. Your textbook chapter and one short video are enough.
- 3
Plan
Write the brief in three lines: subject, audience and the feeling you want. Collect references and make a shot list, storyboard or sketch set.
- 4
Build
- Collect ideas from the class and vote.
- Draw the design on a grid.
- Scale it to the wall with chalk.
- Paint from background to detail.
- Seal it and document the process.
- 5
Test
Show a draft to three people from your audience and note where they lose interest or get confused.
- 6
Document
Keep the sketches, drafts and rejected versions; they show your process. Report structure
- 7
Present
Show the finished work first, then the process and the choices you made. Presentation structure
- 8
Publish
Put it online as a portfolio piece with a short write-up of the brief and process.
Expected outcome
A finished mural and a process record.
Other versions of this project
Advanced version
Add a plaque explaining the theme and the artists.
Portfolio mode
Text marked "You write this" is a prompt for your own work; everything else is specific to this project.
Use this as the outline of your README or case study.
- Problem
- You write thisThe problem in one or two sentences.
- Why it matters
- You write thisWho has this problem and what it costs them.
- What was built
- A finished mural and a process record.
- Technology
- You write thisThe languages, libraries and tools you used, and why you picked them.
- Architecture
- You write thisOne diagram: the parts and how data moves between them.
- Implementation
- You write thisThe 5 build steps in your own words, with one code or design decision you are proud of.
- Challenges
- You write thisThe hardest bug or decision, and how you got past it.
- Results
- You write thisNumbers: accuracy, speed, users, survey answers.
- Demo and code
- You write thisA link to a live demo or a short video, and to the GitHub repository.
- Lessons learned
- You write thisWhat you would do differently next time.
- Future improvements
- Add a plaque explaining the theme and the artists.
Working as a team
5 people. Suggested roles:
Report and presentation
Report structure
- Title and brief
- Research and references
- Concept
- Process: sketches, drafts, experiments
- Final work
- Tools and techniques
- Reflection: what worked and what did not
- Credits and sources
Presentation structure
- The brief
- References and mood
- Concept
- Process
- Final work
- Details
- Reflection
Viva questions
Prepare your own answers to these before you present.
- What is the aim of your project, in one sentence?
- What is the principle behind it?
- Why did you choose these materials or tools?
- What result did you get, and was it what you expected?
- What went wrong and how did you fix it?
- How could this be improved or used in real life?
Resources
Source and attribution
Original
Written by Technifyed. Free to use for your own school or college project; write the report in your own words. Added 1 Oct 2026.
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