The 7 Steps for Making it as a Mural Artist
It can sometimes be difficult to transition from painting murals for fun to painting murals for clients for money. These 7 steps are all the things that I wish I'd known when I was first starting out.
7 Essential steps for making it as a mural artist
Welcome to my free mini course!
Welcome to my mini course - the 7 essential steps to making it as a mural artist.
These are my top 7 things you need to know when you’re starting out working with clients to paint murals for money.
I'll be discussing:
- Site visits and meeting with your clients
- Quoting and making sure you get paid
- Creating concepts
- Wall preparation
- Scaling your concept onto the wall
- Promoting yourself
- Being professional
Who is Fieldey?
Meet your art business guru
Fieldey (AKA Haylee Fieldes) is a professional artist and muralist with over 16 years experience in the art and design world.
For almost a decade she has taught art business secrets through a hugely popular YouTube channel – Fieldey TV: Art and Tutorials. That’s the place to get plenty of tips and check out Fieldey’s artistic adventures. Her super cool client list includes Molotow Graffiti products, Coca-Cola, Citroën, Anytime Fitness and Optus.
A master of painting on various surfaces, she has put her stamp on skateboard decks, surfboards, guitars, boutique hotel rooms, a remote-controlled jet boat, bowling pins alongside indoor and outdoor murals. Fieldey is partial to painting jungle-style green plants, giving sea creatures alter egos, old school tattoo style, skulls, pinups, famous faces and her work explodes with life, energy and colour.