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Keep in mind for our children's mural we are reducing our colors down to their most basic
components. So case in point, in the zebra we are going to be using a nice cream and
also a black color paint. I recommend starting first with the white, starting here on the
snout, now you can see this in not an out and out white. Just because I am reducing
it down, simplifying it does not mean everything has to be like you know ultra white then super
dark black. Now this is more of a light cream color but you will notice it is light enough
to make a nice contrast with the background savanna. So really keep in mind here where
you have your stripes, it is very easy to get confused and then to accidentally paint
over your stripes and then forget exactly what spot's supposed to be bare and what spot
is not. So I am leaving some markers for myself for when I come back in here with the black.
Also if there is ever a shape I do not quite like, you know I feel the freedom to kind
of go over it and alter it a little bit. At this point you can do that and again as I
have already said, as you go closer to the edges make sure that you go down to a smaller
brush so that you can get some more definition. Now we are going to keep doing this white
back over the head and the rest of the body from head to toe. Next I will demonstrate
the black, but in general you should wait for the white to dry up to a day before painting
in the black. Now let us move onto the black, for the black I am going to be using a nice
foam brush, which I also like especially dealing with contrasts and still getting some nice
sharp edges. So let us go in here, now you notice I have not actually painted in the
cream in here yet, that is fine, normally you are going to do that, but I just want
to demonstrate putting a stripe on here for us. As I get towards the edges I pull up on
the back edge to not have any shall we say unfortunate errors. Foam brush is really good
to glide and to get a nice thick coat on here. You can also kind of ripple outwards at the
edges, does not have to be a nice straight line, see that is more of a flowy organic
feel. Now as you start noticing any thin spots showing up in your black, it is time to go
back to the paint can and grab some more. Just make sure to keep re-dipping your foam
paint brush but these do hold a lot of paint, it can be deceptive. You can also dab like
I am doing which is another nice edging, you can see like we have some nice really strong
edges over in here and we are going to continue doing this up and down all the stripes until
our zebra is filled in.