{"id":7061933,"date":"2026-09-20T08:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/a-little-donnerwetter-blog-oak-tree-mural\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T08:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T08:57:10","slug":"a-little-donnerwetter-blog-oak-tree-mural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7061933","title":{"rendered":"A little Donnerwetter Blog: Oak Tree Mural"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nGoodbye drab grey stairwell!<\/b><\/p>\n

\nHello sunshine!<\/b><\/p>\n

\n<\/a>This past week I got the opportunity to do a huge mural of
\nan oak tree in the stairwell at\u00a0Oaks International School<\/a> in Cambridge, UK. Lately,
\nI have been spending most of my time either cutting out linocuts or sitting in
\nfront of Photoshop on the computer, so I loved being able to get out and get my
\nhands dirty.<\/div>\n
\nI decided to use a technique for the oak tree that I used on
\na previous\u00a0mural<\/a>\u00a0using painters tape to mark off the lines.\u00a0 I think this makes the image look as if it
\nhas actually been cut out, like the linocuts that I so love to make. I also
\nused wallpaper to make leaves in order to give the tree a bit of texture. Here
\nare the steps that I used in order to plan, create, and finish this gigantic
\ntree:<\/div>\n
\n<\/a>1.\u00a0 \u00a0First, I needed to plan my design. I took a lot of photos of
\noak trees and branches and some pictures of the stairwell on my phone and
\nthen used a basic drawing program on my Ipad to draw a few ideas over the
\npicture. This also gave me the possibility to show my idea to the school for approval before I got started.<\/div>\n
\n<\/a>2.\u00a0 \u00a0Then, I bought all of the necessary materials and got to
\nwork. I used string and a bit of tape to layout my tree design onto the wall.
\nThis way, I had the possibility to lift a branch higher or lower with ease. As
\nthis stairway turns twice on its way up, it was important to see how the actual
\ntree would look on the actual wall instead of just on my Ipad. <\/div>\n
\n<\/a>3.\u00a0 \u00a0Once I was happy with the design I began taping the
\nbranches and accents. I used the most expensive blue painters tape for fine edges because
\nit makes a huge difference in comparison to cheap masking tape. Even with the
\nbest tape, there will always be some places where the paint comes off the wall,
\nbut there is nothing worse than having most of the paint come off with the
\ntape. Blue painters tape is also easy to use.<\/div>\n
\n<\/a>4.\u00a0 \u00a0With my tree all taped, I began the first round of painting.
\nBefore I put a paintbrush on the wall, I went around with my finger on all of
\nthe edges and made sure that they were down. This is very important, because
\notherwise paint will leak through the little bubbles on the side and look
\ntacky. If you are really concerned about leakage, you can always paint the
\nsides of the image with the background color once before you add your top coat.
\nAny leakage will then be in your background color. Nevertheless, if you are
\ngood about making sure your edges are taped well, this is not necessary.
\nBecause my brown was not very opaque, I actually had to paint the tree twice.\u00a0<\/div>\n
\n<\/a>5.\u00a0 \u00a0After painting the tree, I added some accents for fun. I put
\nan owl in the tree, a birdhouse on a branch, and some birds in the air. I
\nactually had to stop myself from not adding more, as I realized my project
\nwould quickly get out of hand and never finished.<\/div>\n
\n<\/a>6.\u00a0 \u00a0Finally, it was time for the leaves. I bought some
\ninexpensive paintable textured wallpaper and rolled out a few sheets onto the
\nfloor. I then painted these green. Once it had dried, I made my own stencils
\nand cut out oak leaves in various shapes and sizes. I used basic wallpaper
\npaste to then glue them onto the wall.<\/div>\n

\nEventually, the school would like to add words at different
\nplaces throughout the tree with the core vales of the school, such as
\nhappiness, aspiration, and community.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a>The best part of the entire project was listening to the
\nchildren as they passed by in the halls. They loved seeing the process and they
\nwere so encouraging. Seeing so many children happy with the result made it
\ndefinitely worth the effort. I was very pleased with the result, because it
\nlooks, like I had hoped, as if it was printed on the wall. I look forward to
\ndoing another mural like this in the future.
\n<\/div>\n

\nThe Oaks International School tree mural is also listed under current projects on my website:\u00a0kelleydonner.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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