Murals

Bob Z

What are the best type of paint to use for it?

looksee

It depends on where it is. If it is a small mural in a child's bedroom, say, you could use emulsion or guache or readymix. If its a big indoor mural, use emulsion. If it is outdoor you would have to use gloss paint or an oil based/synthetic paint of some sort. If it is going to be in strong light don't use the ready-mix, get something with better colour fastness.

For most indoor jobs emulsion is good, there are differnet types, satin finish, washable etc. You can get tiny sample pots that are great for details and use the small standard tins for other parts.

Bob Z

The mural would be indoors and will only take up a small part of the wall. It will be bright but not probably not too cartoony. Would it be a good idea too outline it in marker?

looksee

That depends entirely on your style of drawing. Outlining it in marker could give you a comic strip look, without an outline would be more Disney. I would say no, but it really does depend on the style you are going for.

Do a practise version/section, one in just colour, and one outlined, and see what you think. You would need to do a drawing first anyway and put a grid on it, if you are not experienced you will find it difficult to get scale straight on to a wall.