Oliver's Nursery mural

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Simple but effective nursery mural for baby Oliver.. When he comes along.
Clouds and a horizon with sailing boats, a lighthouse and planes ( the father and grandad are pilots) with the babies name in a banner.

Very light simple but effective.

Mural colouring pages

I decided to add my own downloadable colouring pages to my sweetart murals gallery! Having painted schools and activity rooms for kids I thought it would be a great idea to let them get a bit more involved with the murals if they wanted to.

Rather than just having a funky artwork on the wall they can print off whatever they like and colour it in however they want, maybe noticing features that they'd never seen before or inspiring them to create something new themselves.

The speaker characters were drawn for a wall at Acorns children's hospice in Walsall which I painted last week and the Jungle mural was painted last year at Northfield primary school.

Get your crayons out, and get creative!

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Birmingham print gets a home

Sold a framed picture of Birmingham that was destined for my own wall :(

I originally sketched the pictures for a Birmingham mural in a city centre hotel, which never got commissioned. I scanned the design and rearranged and coloured them digitally.. and even added some more buildings and characters.

Landmark and historically important buildings and things relating to Birmingham West Midlands, walk the city from the Hyatt Gas St Basin through Victoria Sq, St Philip's Cathedral to the Bullring and beyond finishing at The Old Crown Inn at Digbeth.

Including features of interest like The Electric, Britain's oldest working cinema. Landmarks like the Rotunda with a few blasts from the past.. King Kong, based on the original city centre statue which was removed in the 70's.. fighting off bi-planes modeled on Mini's and Morris Minors which were built at Longbridge.

Another Brummie giant features center stage Ozzy Osbourne towering over the council house, droppin a few F-bombs on the Councillors no doubt with Jaguar Birmingham built Spitfires bringing up the rear. Monsters of Glam Rock Slade hang over the city super hero style.. those are their own costumes!

Versions available from small framed prints to large scale murals.

 

 

School mural project

Over two days in the Easter holidays I took four groups of children and helped them create a mural that brightened up one of their buildings that houses the play equipment they use on their lunch breaks.. this was also the theme for the mural. Bats, balls and bouncy hoppers mostly! Which I finished off with 'Huff 'n' Puff' (the activity name) in a  Graffiti style. The kids and school were over the moon.. what better way to spend your holidays?

Whilst one group planned or painted the mural the other groups took part in activities such as drumming ( with 2 of the biggest whitest Rastafarians I've ever seen! ). Dancing and football.

I was even presented with an easter egg for my trouble.

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