Murals

Murals for Homes and Businesses | Murals for Schools

Murals for Businesses and Homes 

As a mural artist Rachel Akers can design and create murals for business spaces, corporate meeting rooms, boutique hotels or restaurants and cafes. Huge wall designs incorporating quotes and logos or a design that perfectly depicts what your business is about. She can design a full or part wall, or a whole room in a design put together after discussions with you.  

She can also create murals for children’s rooms/nurseries or a living space of your choice as personal touch to your home.

Murals are best when painted directly onto a chosen wall but if you would like a piece that can be moved Rachel can create a large painting on pieces of MDF that can be positioned and moved wherever you like.

It is all entirely up to you what you would like as each mural is tailor made to your requirements, so let your imagination run wild and contact Rachel to bring your thoughts to life.

Murals are a really exciting way to create real impact in your home or business, because they are designed exactly as you want and hand painted onto the wall they will be totally unique to you. A stunning addition to you business or home that will have an amazing impact that will last for years.

The first thing you need to do when thinking of having a mural painted is to decide, Who, What, Where and When.

Who – is the mural for?

What – do you want the mural to be of? Think – What impact do you want it to make?

Where – would you like the mural to be? inside or outside, the whole room, one wall, part of a wall.

When- will you be ready for the mural to be painted?

 

Once these basic ideas have been formed then the fun begins. If you don’t have a clear idea of what you want but you know where you would like it, don’t worry. I am happy to discuss your ideas and come up with a number of designs for you to choose from. On the other hand you may know exactly what you want, with clear visions of the desired finish, you may have images and in depth details of what you are after. Again, I am happy to discuss these ideas and come up with a final design.

The next step would be to email or whatsapp me with as much information as possible. Feel free to add photographs of the room and any images you have in mind to the email. my email address is rachel.akers@akers-of-art.co.uk. If you prefer we can discuss your ideas over the phone. We can then meet face to face free of charge to go through your ideas and come up with a plan. 

Once I have a clear idea of what you are after I will start the design process. I will give you options to choose from by designing 2-3 different options.I will send you the designs and give you a quote for the job which will include the design process. Once all is agreed the mural painting can begin. I require a 30% deposit before the painting begins. This deposit will be taken away from the final invoice which will need to be paid within 10 days of the mural being completed. 

This is meant to be a fun and exciting process for you and I hope to relieve you of any stress in the design process, so get thinking and let your imagination run wild.

Compilation of murals painted by Rachel Akers at Akers of Art
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Murals for Schools

The process of commissioning a mural for a school is slightly different. 

I absolutely love to get the kids fully involved in the mural painting process so have put together a photo guide from a mural I painted last year at Harborne Primary School in Birmingham. I would absolutely love to get involved in your school and paint a fantastic mural for you that will last for years to come and that the children will remember.

Take a look below for the simple step by step process I used to create this amazing story telling mural and then get in touch here by enquiry form or call me.

 I can’t wait to get started on an inspirational and immersive mural for your school. 

I have a full DBS check so that I can work in the school with and around the children and this can be viewed on request. 

The first part in the mural planning process is getting the children to design a mural themselves. Getting them to draw a picture of what they want in the mural is a really helpful start. After all it is all for them to enjoy.Harborne Primary School Students looking at the winning mural designs
Students looking at the children’s Mural designs

 

This is the space that they wanted to have painted. They had the wall rendered by the school community because it had previously had artwork on it but if the wall is in good condition you don’t have to do this, I can paint directly onto the wall.
 
The rendered wall at Harborne Primary School before the mural begins

 

The rendered wall before the painting began
 
This is where I get involved, I come in to meet the children and answer any questions they may have about the mural painting process, I also ask them about what they really want to be included and then take away their designs.

 

 

Rachel Akers of Akers of Art answering questions about mural painting

 

Me answering questions about mural painting

 

I then create 2-3 designs (in this case it was 3)  making each one different but still incorporating what the children had suggested. The children in this case wanted a rainbow and goal posts amongst other things.

The design process of the Harborne Primary School Mural begins

The design process begins

They got the school parents to prime the wall white to create a blank canvas, it would be useful for you to do this as I can do this but it would add to the overall cost.

The wall is primed and ready for painting to start at Harborne Primary School

 

The wall is primed and ready to paint the mural

 

Then the 3 designs were voted on at the school fair. The designs can be voted on at the school by the children if you don’t have a school fair coming up or you just want the children to have their say.

Voting takes place on the winning design for the mural at Harborne Primary School

 

Voting takes place for the winning design
 
 
 
Rachel Akers of Akers of Art Painting the mural at Harborne Primary School

 

Me painting the mural
 

At break and lunch times the children still chose to sit and watch me paint. They really found it fascinating.

The students watching the mural being painted at Harborne Primary School

 

The students watching the mural being painted

 

One of the children drawing some of the things she could see in the mural. The children also went back to their classrooms to write about the mural being created and their thoughts on it all. I hope that you would allow the children to get involved like this.

A students sketching from the mural being painted at Harborne Primary School

A student sketching from the mural.

 

If you have some benches or chairs I am happy for the children to come and watch me work. The benches are laid out at a slight distance so that the children don’t get too close. 

The students watching Rachel Akers of Akers of Art paint the mural

 

The students watching me paint
 

During lesson time the children came out to draw from the mural and ask me lots of questions.  They loved watching the mural appear.

The finished Story Time Mural at Harborne Primary School

 

The finished Story Time Mural
 

The finished mural- The mural that was chosen was the Story Time mural. It has parts that can be interacted with like the goal posts (hugely requested by the children) and the targets but also lots of items from many children’s stories, my favourites were the Gruffalo hiding behind a tree and the golden ticket.

The children spent hours spotting things that they had asked for in their original designs. This would be a great way for your students to learn about art and the mural painting process.
 
Mural Artist Rachel Akers of Akers of Art standing by the finished Mural at Harborne Primary School

 

Artist Rachel standing in front of the mural

The children also wanted a growth chart so in this design I turned it into a rocket, they loved measuring themselves against it.

All murals will differ in costs due to the size and intricacy of the mural. I will give a quote with a varied price range in order to cover all eventualities e.g amount of days changing or ordering more paints etc. 

Price Includes – 

The 2-4 times I come into the school to talk to the children and getting them involved

The design stage – 2-3 design ideas to choose from

The mural – based on how long I believe it will take + material costs. 

As a rough guide- 

The Story Time mural took 8 days to complete (8- 9 hours a day) at a cost of £3260 (this included all material costs and 3 initial designs, plus visits to the school to involve the children)

I look forward to hearing from you soon. 

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