Using an Overhead Projector to Transfer the Mural Design

• 1). Select a design that you would like to paint on your wall. The design can be one that you have drawn yourself or one that you have found on a greeting card, in a coloring book, or from another source.
  
  
• 2). Make a color copy of the image you have selected to use as a reference when you are painting.
  
  
• 3). Make a black and white photocopy of the image. Use the copy machine to enlarge the image to a size at which you can easily see all the details.
  
  
• 4). Make a black and white transparency of your design. Ask the clerk at the copy store to help you.
  
  
• 5). Place the transparency on an overhead projector.
  
  
• 6). Turn the projector on and project the design onto the desired wall area.
  
  
• 7). Move the projector closer to or further from the wall until the design is positioned correctly and is the desired size.
  
  
• 8). Mark the position of the projector on the floor with masking tape in case you need to move the projector before you have finished transferring the design.
  
  
• 9). Outline the design on the wall carefully with pencil.