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Do you know what a mural is?This painter is painting a mural on a wall inside a house.

This is a mural painted onto a wall in the street.

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Is it real or is it a mural painted on a wall?

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What do you think?

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Is it real or a mural?

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It’s a mural!

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Before the artist started to paint his mural on the wall, he drew his design on paper. The design showed the shapes and patterns of the buildings he was planning. Sam

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Then he began to draw his design on the wall.

At this stage he was almost finished but he still had work to do round the corner.

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This mural was inspired by the shapes of buildings.

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Using all the things you know about buildings, could you design

a mural?

This mural was designed and painted on a wall by children.They worked together on different sections.

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Murals can be used to show people what a building or an area is used for. Below is part of a mural.

Can you guess what kind of building this mural was designed for?

Did you guess that it represents a library?

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Here’s another mural that was painted on a wall in a library.

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more murals that decorate the walls in school buildings.

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