I’ve always wanted to do one of these murals.
After seeing images on Pinterest for years, I’ve been anxiously waiting the opportunity to create one for a client…and I finally got the chance.
The “N” family wanted to create a baseball themed room for their ten year-old son who is quite the fan of this game. He lives and breathes it and I was so excited to give him something he would really dig.
Here’s where we started:
Totally a blank canvas. But(!) considering that we wanted to age “the ball” a bit, I decided to paint the accent wall more of an off-white cream color. I opted for Sherwin William’s Whitetail. I then followed it up with a light-medium tan tone of SW’s Tres Naturale, SW’s Tanager for my red (more of a brick red), and Valspar’s Dark Kettle Black for accents.
Next came the measuring to make sure each seam of the ball would be accurate on both sides. I measured the width of the wall, found the center, and then began constructing my half circles measuring 28’, 38”, 54”, back to 38”, and then again with 28”.
After measuring and tracing my initial line, I then created the imperfect stitches of the ball as seen below:
I aged the area of the seams by mixing the Whitetail and Tres Natural together. Seams got wider towards the middle and smaller towards the top and bottom. Black was mixed with Tanager to darken the red just a bit and to add accents.
Once one side was finished, I completed the same steps, flipping the direction of the seams on the other half circle. Here is the end result:
Special thanks to the “N” family for giving me the opportunity to complete this wall. Such a treat!
The Details:
Paint: SW 7103 Whitetail, SW 9101 Tres Naturale, SW 6601 Tanager, and Valspar’s Darke Kettle Black