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<\/a><\/p>\nIf you’ve been following my blog, we’re staying on track with Train Murals<\/strong>. \u00a0I spent six and a half weeks painting every hallway and every classroom in the Kid’s Ministry area of my church to give children the feeling they were going on a journey aboard The Grace Express. \u00a0 It was a lot of fun, but also A LOT of ground to cover. \u00a0So now, in Part 4, I’ll show you where to\u00a0Find Inspiration <\/strong>for a project this size.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Inspiration from books<\/strong><\/p>\n First off, I know nothing about trains, so I was thrilled when someone lent me a stack of railway history books that had awesome photos. \u00a0It was from there that I got the idea to paint water towers and telephone poles in addition to the trains. (I never really noticed before that they were always along railroad tracks.)<\/span><\/p>\n Inspiration from etsy<\/strong><\/p>\n I also went online and searched through Free Clip Art and other train artwork. \u00a0There were so many images, the trick was knowing my artistic skill level and limits. \u00a0I went with simple designs from the internet that I knew I could not only pull off, but that I could embellish a bit and make them more my style. \u00a0Here are some examples, beginning with this cool, all black decal I found on etsy.com:<\/span><\/p>\n This inspiration from www.etsy.com<\/p><\/div>\n \u00a0 Here’s my hand painted version:<\/span><\/p>\n Inspiration from online clip art<\/strong><\/p>\n I fell in love with this next cartoon train from pixgood.com because of it’s simplicity, and knew it would be perfect for the baby nursery:<\/span><\/p>\n This image is from www.pixgood.com<\/p><\/div>\n I didn’t change it too much because it doesn’t get any cuter than this. \u00a0I just added an extra car and some text. \u00a0Here’s my painted version:<\/span><\/p>\n I found this adorable little engineer on clipartbest.com<\/span>. \u00a0But you’ll notice he has sticks for arms. \u00a0I added full arms, made his coveralls striped, and gave him a more poofy engineer’s cap.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I Loved this Inspiration from www.clipartbest.com<\/p><\/div>\n \u00a0Here’s my hand painted version:<\/span><\/p>\n I downloaded dozens of images onto my phone, so that I could be inspired by them every time I was faced with a blank wall. \u00a0Before I knew it, all the walls were filled.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n
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