Paint a Cloud Mural for Sky Nursery

In this post Brent will show how to paint a cloud mural like this sky mural he painted in our daughter’s nursery. Give this tutorial a try if you are looking for an expensive wallpaper look on a sample paint budget.

While browsing Pinterest one night I found a photograph of a dreamy sky with muted pinks and teals. I knew I wanted that exact look to be the focal wall in our daughter’s nursery. In fact, my entire design of her room hinged on this cloud mural. I needed Brent to paint a sky that looked just like my inspiration photo. No pressure Brent.

Just kidding. But I knew Brent would paint something beautiful. He has come up with this fun technique for painting murals in our kids’ rooms that is easier than you may think with supplies that you might be surprised to use.

Of course, I was over the moon ecstatic with how his cloud mural turned out. It really makes our daughter’s room beautiful.

Watch the video tutorial below or follow the steps below if you are interested in following his how to paint a cloud mural technique.

How to Paint a Cloud Mural

SUPPLIES

Painter’s Tape
Multiple Paint Roller Covers
Paintbrush
Large Cardboard Sheets
Small Artist Paintbrush
Paint Samples

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TUTORIAL VIDEO

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STEPS

1. First we used the Sherwin-Williams ColorSnap® App to find the paint colors in our inspiration photo. We selected two mid-tone colors for the clouds and one highlight color.

We also chose a dark teal and a grayish-green from the photo. We chose 5-8 colors but ended up having some extra colors.

We purchased a gallon of white paint and then for the cloud mural colors we bought their to-go sample sizes.

We have done this for our faux brick wall and our galaxy wall mural and it has worked just fine.

2. We taped off our wall painter’s tape and painted the entire wall white.

Tip: Use large pieces of cardboard to roll out the paint. Use one sheet for each section that will share paint colors.

3. Brent looked at our inspiration photo and used a small paintbrush dipped in the 6330 Quaint Peche color to draw the rough shape of the clouds.

He eventually covered up this line when he painted the highlights and shadows of the cloud but this line helped define the space. This line showed him where the lower half would be painted with pink tones and the upper half would be painted with the teals. The line is where the color changed.

4. Next, Brent poured out the pink (6330 Quaint Peche) onto our cardboard sheet. Using one roller cover he painted the bottom half of the wall pink. Connor helped too!

5. Brent first painted the mid-tone colors of the clouds. On the same cardboard sheet Brent poured out some of the 6168 Moderne White. He used the same roller as the pink to fill in the other areas of the clouds.

6. The goal is to blend the two colors together. It is best to blend while both paint colors are still wet.

Brent painted pink paint on the bottom and came in with the darker Moderne White color on top of it. While both colors were still wet he rolled them together using the same roller. This technique merged the two colors together and created a gradient across.

7. Next, Brent painted highlights on the darker clouds. He poured our highlight color (9666 Barely Pear) onto a separate cardboard sheet.

He used a little paintbrush to define the shape of the clouds more at the top of the clouds and used the same roller cover he was using for the other two colors to highlight within the clouds. He blended all three of these colors while the paint was still wet.