Crow Advice from my Ren Faire Falconer Friend: "If you want them to start to warm up to you, the process is simple. 1. Choose a food item or gift they will like that is easily accessible and cheap to produce. 2. Make a routine to offer it. Birds like routine. 3. Make sure they can clearly see it is you leaving the food out. And then put some distance between you and the food. 4. Once they are snatching up the food as soon as you walk away from it, each day reduce the distance you stand from the food. 5. Continue this pattern until they essentially come to meet you for the food. I wont say this will 100% work but it's the best I can come up with."
Also keep in mind that in North America it's currently Bebe Season for crows. Which means that they won't be visible as much, and when they are, they'll be in a hurry to grab food and get back to the nest/fledgling.
Abstract painter here: if you don't like the canvas texture, next time (if there is one) just apply a couple layers of gesso, smoothing out with an old credit card. As for the seams, paint the wall dark (ish) green. That sort of what they used to do when they put up that lovely wood paneling in the 70's.
I'm studying building restoration and that's exactly the thing that was taught to us about wallpapering; paint the walls with a color that match the wallpaper so any possible gaps won't be that visible. Edit. If you don't feel like painting the whole wall just paint the areas where the seams are going to be wich needs a bit more measuring and planing ahead
I thought the gaps were where the company hasn't trimmed the rolls properly and it was a slither edge of the paper rather than an actual gap in-between
Scenic artist here: the way we do those huge opera scenic backdrops is that we grid the reference image (in your case, your original painting), then we apply the grid onto the backdrop, only many many times larger. That way you only have to focus on one box at a time, and boxes are usually 1m square at the biggest. With a project this size, you can probably get away with 1ft square boxes for your grid or even smaller.
How do you achieve the whole piece looking like a whole piece in the end ? I feel as if I was to attempt it, the squares would not connect very well and the whole picture would be crooked…
When I was kid I used this method on reference photos of anime and stuff so I could replicate it exactly 😂 You still see take steps back and look at the whole thing ૮꒰˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶꒱ა˚ʚ♡ɞ˚
I actually really love the canvas texture!! It makes you look like a lil borrower standing in front of a giant humans painting or a background in a dollhouse 🥹 love how it turned out!!
I actually love the canvas texture! Also, it was expensive, yes...but not nearly as expensive as the custom mural we did in my daughter's room. 😅 I don't have a painterly bone in my body, so we hired a friend who's an artist to do it. It was $900. She was going to art school at the time and so we paid for her textbooks and other college expenses. Soooo worth it though. It adds so much whimsy and my daughter loves to point out the forest animals and pixies. 🤗 We also hung up a wooden art piece that has an old man's face carved on it, and my husband dubbed him Mr. Maple and he sings the ABCs and my daughter loves it. A big reason why we did this (I'm sure I've commented this before but imma say it again lol) is because of your mural videos! I was so inspired by the first one and I love each one you do. And now, I have a little bit of whimsy in my home too, thanks to you. ❤
That makes me wonder how much the mural bedroom in my sister's house cost - the previous owner had a mural done on all of the walls and ceiling of the smallest bedroom. It's an alien planet landscape, complete with lizard-man and alien cat, with a spaceship breaking through the sky.
It's honestly good that the crows aren't coming back, i know people wanna be friends with them so bad but it's not really good for them as wild animals! Crows that become reliant on people forget how to take care of themselves and will approach random humans for food which leads to them getting killed a lot (either attacked by the people, their pets, cars in high traffic areas etc), and also actually increases the risk of them hurting a human as well which is unfortunate for the human but also, again, dangerous for the bird. For anyone interested, the best way to see crows and other birds is have a bird friendly garden!! look into what's locally appropriate. If not, setting up a feeder area is okay sometimes, look into what's actually appropriate for certain birds in your area, don't guess or assume, and don't leave out pet food. And whatever you do, do NOT go near baby birds if you see them, if you are sure it's hurt or abandoned (not just on the ground, you can check this by observing to see if the parents come back, particularly overnight or by the next day), call your local wildlife center :) (this goes for any injured animal, don't engage unless they're absolutely in harms way)
The mural is Beyoodiful. RE: Your quest to befriend the crows. Don't give up. I live on the second floor of an apartment in San Francisco. My bedroom has a fire escape off to one side, and trees in the next yard that the crows used to perch in. After nearly a year of feeding them peanuts, sunflower seeds and hard boiled eggs (chopped up) by leaving them on the fire escape steps, they now come several times a day for treats, and they sit calmly on the fire escape railing while I hang out of the window to feed them. I'm about 18" away and they don't even budge. They used to fly off, but now they seem to feel at ease around me and simply hang out while the snacks are served. It makes me very happy that they feel safe enough to do so.
This was my favourite thing my parents ever let me and my sisters do. My dad’s a painting contractor, so we even had access to lots of paint colors. Highly recommend, it keeps kids occupied and able to personalize their space and in the long run probably keeps your walls safer because a kid won’t want to destroy their hard work so they’ll keep it safe and, you can get a wall refresh if they decide they don’t like the mural. Win win!
My mom wanted to let me, but most housing in America is either up for rent or lease, and it's rare for people to own their own homes anymore, so if you DO do this, get some wallpaper that you can peel off, and paint on that instead! We were too poor and rented our apartment when i was a kid, but if I ever have my own, I plan to let them do so as best I can manage it.
@@Kyosumari oh yeah! Or those rolls of brown or white paper, you can tape them up for kids to draw all over and get their marker fury out on the paper instead of your wall!
@@dragonqueenarts That is so fun! At my daughter's 8 year old birthday party, I somehow thought of taping a looooong piece of paper to the backyard fence, mixed acrylic paint powder & water in big buckets, then let the kids go crazy! Easiest party activity ever, they loved it! (Yes, they did paint on each other!)
My husband has been forced to embraced watching Rachel's bi-weekly joy and whismy with me. As she starts painting he whispers, "Happy little trees." In a Bob Ross voice. He is official a Rachel fan.
My whole house is murals (dragons, foggy purple forests, crumbling ruins, old book illusions coming to life, various scenes from my favorite movies and cartoons) So great to see someone else who has the mural painting bug! You are a very good artist!
I cried a little that you left the outlet covers on; it's so easy to unscrew them so you don't have gaps around them. But at least you painted them! LOOKS SO FREAKING COOL 💜
Maybe check alexandra gater She does some removable peel and stick thats renter friendly, and with this custom wallpaper rachel did, you could have it be sorta whimsical!
Im renting and am not wallpapering because i cannot commit and am intimidated by the work :') but have resigned to the fact that i will have to repaint everything when i leave
There is something so satisfying about the title cards between sections of the video. I love that it’s always hand lettering on a detail from the video. The attention to detail makes my designer heart so happy.
I think I know of a way for you to come to love the canvas texture! Pretend you’re a Borrower! You’ve borrowed a discarded painting from one of the Human Beans in the house to use as wallpaper in your little home! Now you do need to decorate the whole room in Borrowercore! Oversized everything! Vintage matchbox table! Giant buttons as decorations! The most dollhouse looking couch in the world! Tchotchkes of unusual size! Also a great opportunity to go antiques shopping and do some DIY projects!
I just imagined giant buttons hanging on the wall like some people hang decorative plates, don't know if that's what you thought of, anyway, that would be so cool!
@@JankoWalski-hz3lu Yes! That would be cute! I think it would be a super fun DIY for Rachel to make a giant pincushion footrest or making a wall clock into a giant pocket watch. Maybe add in a big chess piece as a statue, etc. It would be so cute and whimsical. And we already know that Rachel love Borrowercore.
@@JankoWalski-hz3luif she goes for the classic "tomato" pincushion it shouldn't be too hard to get the point across. Maybe even add the "strawberry" bit on a string.
I'm not even three minutes in and I'm obsessing over her outfits. That first skirt I'm dying to make AND THEN SHE WHIPS OUT THE PUFFY SLEEVES AND BUTTON DRESS! My heart cannot.
It's pretty standard stuff (no I'm kidding she finds the cutest tops ever). But you can reproduce this general style with a couple staples of high-waisted full linen skirts and several cute snug tops. I love her outfits because it's already what I've been wearing for the last few years, except I'm not skilled with color coordination so I look like a messy rainbow. But it's very comfortable !
You may even be able to use water-based markers. I know we did that to cover up creases in artwork when I worked in a frame shop. The paper top is usually treated with something to help reduce fading and the ink often creates something of a resist. This is just on the surface of the paper, though. The sides of the paper are still nicely absorbent, so you can use markers right on the edge and wipe off excess that may extend to the top with a tissue. It doesn't even need to be damp, necessarily. Most water-based markers dry slowly enough that wiping away can be done fairly easily, but if you need just a few drops of water, it shouldn't affect the paper.
Fun video! Some tips for making friends with crows: Let them see you eating outside. Let them see you leave some snacks where you were sitting. Do it daily, if possible. They learn routines easily, so being consistent will help! Good luck! 🐦
Just a suggestion but you could put the extra pieces in a frame like a painting and hang it on the wall behind the doorway so that it "completes" the mural. 💫🐿
We used to have crows visit our balcony a few years ago. I missed them so I put out peanuts but the squirrels and blue jays got to them first. I put out shiny objects as well as peanuts and I kid you not, crows appeared that day. Put out shinies, Rachel. Put. Out. Shinies. (Stationary ones.. moving ones in the wind will freak them out)
The wallpaper mural is really beautiful!!! Even if the crows don't like the peanuts, the blue jays and gray squirrels will love them. Funny crow story. Years ago we had a large crow family living on our property. One day our neighbor came home from shopping. While unloading her car, she dropped a bag of groceries and some bagels rolled out onto the ground. Lickity split one of those crows flew over and grabbed a bagel. I still remember how surprised I was to see a crow with a bagel hanging from its beak fly by me on the way back to its tree.
@@lajoyous1568your comment reminded me of a thing I read about a dude who managed to accidentally befriend crows by throwing roadkill off the road. Iirc, he lived close to a road that got roadkill fairly often, and he'd pass it every day. He didn't want vultures to get killed while trying to scavange, so he'd always stop and move roadkill to a more open area at the side of the road. After a while he started noticing more and more crows gathering when he showed up, and eventually they started bringing him little gifts.
@@bratatouille That's awesome that he didn't want the vultures to become roadkill 😄 oddly enough vultures have learned to duck under trucks instead of flying off, occasionally that gets them killed. Somehow I think there's a cool band name waiting to come out of all of this 🤔
If you are applying dark wall coverings you should paint a coordinating color where your seems will be, and of course visa versa. Also remove outlet covers and cut a smaller hole so when you put the covers back on the hole will be completely covered. I love the trees and the canvas texture.
Rachel artistic abilities are unmeasurable. Sometimes I wish I could be on her level of whimsical that gives me dopamine. I look forward to her and I don’t know if life would still be as magical without Rachel videos.
@@sweetpotatogreens7491 Honestly I was kinda in a rush to write it lol before it got buried in other comments. Because I really wanted Rachel to see how much joy she brings to my daily life. I swear I know proper punctuation lol 😂 and I made sure to fix it cause I get where you are coming from.
Thank you for being so cozy and kind and relatable. I just royally fucked up two very important art pieces that were pretty much crucial to the likelihood of me being able to sell my art in a storefront and watching you really helps me calm down enough to remake them.
“Of which there are several - much like staircases at Rosings” 🤣🤣🤣 I swear this is the reason I think of houses with more than one staircase as ✨fancy✨
I kind of LOVE that you can see the canvas texture. Like that's so cool. You can see that YOU did it. You know? You can see the strokes. That's so cool
Oh this was absolutely lovely. Im sorry the colors changed on you, even if it was on your end that still sucks. But it turned out just so tranquil, Shire afternoon, going for a walk next to the creek and the grass in warm on your toes, but the breeze is soft and cool and you find a surprise patch of strawberries that wasnt there last year and they are ripe enough for a snack while you sit and splish splash your feet in the almost too cold water, then theres a small rumble of thunder in the distance, but you know its not coming nearby, so you get to just enjoy the best parts of rain which are thunder and the smell. Very specific i know, but thats how looking at that makes me feel.
For your crow befriending side quest, I recommend making or buying yourself a few extra sparkly pots and yard décor, since of course, crows like the shiny things in life. Use their weaknesses against them, like any normal soul seeking friend missile wouldst do.
Crayola crayons on the white lines! My in-laws did a similar wallpaper mural in their house. Theirs was very dark, so the white lines were VERY visible. They just delicately coloured with black crayon and *Poof* all fixed! Good luck! Looks incredible
So VERY hundred acre woods. I'm so in love with your home, the garden, the wallpaper and your little alcove corner, the fish in your pond. THIS IS EVERYTHING I WANT IN LIFE! For now, I will sit in my little rented room and live vicariously through you. (Best of luck in your crow sidequest, we're all cheering for you and the fullfillment of your disney princess potential.)
If you gesso and sand your canvas between gesso layers until smooth before painting on it, this will eliminate the canvas texture. If you want to shorten the drying time, place a fan blowing on it. This should approximately halve its dry time.
As someone who was allowed to paint their walls in whimsical ways, I can tell you that the outcome would've been just as many beautifully decorated walls :)
Okay, but I am actually loving the canvas texture somehow that adds to the whimsy and romance of it. I love seeing the growth of your house into your home. It’s so lovely and human. 💛💚
Literally just thinking, "It's Friday, I wonder if Rachel has posted yet" and here we are and I already feel better. PS - Alexandra Gater uses a lot of peel and stick wallpaper, and has some tips for next time - 1 is don't cut it until after you have stuck it, and the other is to use a laser level and there's something about aligning that I don't recall but it has to do with crooked old house walls so worth looking for!
For future reference, removing the plate from the outlet before putting the paper on, then cut the piece out and replace the plate. It will give a much nicer finished look. That being said, this is FANTASTIC and you should sell the source picture so we can do it, too!
I just have to say, i've been watching you for years and you are such an inspiration. You and Bob Ross are the reason for my passions for so many of my hobbies. You never fail to make me laugh and i just wanted to say thank you and keep up the great work!
Brava!!!!! When I was 6-11 years old my Room was painted a disney themed mural on all 4 walls with exact replicas of Zeus staring down from clouds down to a huge tree with Kaa and abu in it, Simba and Lumineer on another wall with Raja trying to catch flounder in a pond on another. From 11 to 16 I had a room darkest blue with gold stars and moons fit for the halls of the Astronomy tower , as if accross from professors Trewlany classroom - very mystical. Then from 16-20 I had a Tim Burton room; dark charcoal one wall had a full size mural of the first page typed of James and the Giant Peach on old parchment paper, the Snake from bettle juice crawled above my closet, There was a 10' tall onto ceiling black tree sillouette, one side the branches were curly and had A 6' tall profile sillouteete of willy Wonka leaning on trunk and the other side of tree was pointy branches with the corpse bride (exact replica) holding a flower bouquette And the last wall where the head of the bed touched was an 8 foot moon a curvy hill and a 9' tall Jack skellington. So now as a direct rebellion to my mother and older sisters who did so many murals in every house we had "to show how creative they were" way too much which now has made me sadly see their form creativity just seem tacky- I was so happy to paint my newest home a boring Beige and chocolate pallete lol It's seems Always greener on the otherside and there's always something a mother could have done different hahah (I do have gallery walls of art on every wall and I did recreate the mysteical navy blue astro room in one room)
This is absolutely brilliant! I have wanted to paint a mural on my studio wall for some time, and I didn't know there was a place that would make my painting into wall paper! Thank you for doing this video! Oh, and all the canvas details add additional whimsy to the finished wall in my opinion. Bless you and yours with Peace, Light, and Love!
This is so cool! The blown up canvas structure and huge brush strokes makes makes it feel like you have stepped into the world of one of your small whimsical felt creatures😍
Came as quick as I could... Cause when i sees the new notifications, yeets whatever I'm doing temporarily elsewhere and watch cause it gives me the happy feels. Great video as always and another thing to add to the list one when i have normal walls instead of paneling...a cool mural!!! Also, you ain't the only one that flinches when a larger tape measure closes, cause when you don't, you either do like me and a) fail to watch and clip your fingers, b) the person holding the other end accidentally lets go and it almosts whips you in the face and you hope you have time to duck, or just as important, c) flinch and lets go, realizing you forgot to put on shoes first much too late when the tape measure falls on the top of your foot, don't matter socks or no socks, tape measures unless you're a pro is basically an accident waiting to happen...
I love that these videos are like a weekly catch up with a friend. I love seeing the whimsical way you decorate and I enjoy seeing your home transform into somewhere you love to be. As another New Englander (RI) I love to see the people in my area that enjoy these endeavors!
This is so cool! You did a great job with it. It sort of reminds me of the large room on the second floor of the Salem Towne house at Old Sturbridge Village! You have a lot more trees on yours. Also, if you don;t want to give up painting on canvases because of the texture, you could try painting on a layer or two of gesso (or probably even some more acrylic paint) before you start your main composition. That should take out at least a fair bit of the canvas texture. I've really been enjoying these home decor videos!
Love how this turned out! Your outfits lately have been 👌🏼👌🏼. And I love love the nature breaks or rain breaks! Thanks for always sharing your *whimsy* with the world!
I love it! 😍Beautiful painting! You are so talented!❤It looks like you have a forest in your room… or you are about walk into one through a portal. That’s why I wouldn’t put on light fixtures. Rather paint over the outlets and the door. May be fairy lights over the door (the “magical portal”)…🌳✨🌳
A plumb line is so easy to make: a piece of string with a weight on the end - anything will do, it just needs to hold the string straight long enough to make sure your first piece of wallpaper is straight. C'mon Rachel, you're a creator, you've created stone, wood beams, and itty bitty cute frogs! LOVE LOVE LOVE this wall. It looks stunning. You are so talented. Did I say I LOVE it!?
Rachel this mural wallpaper is so GORGEOUS! It looks like a portal to another world and the canvas texture has a little "jolly holiday" from Mary Poppins vibe that adds to the whimsy!
I will happily hang out with you whilst you tidy, organise, shop, decorate, and generally potter. I absolutely love the costumes you make (and think its incredible that you can) but I come here to chill. Please don't feel pressure to keep creating the same sort of content.
It turned out so beautiful! For anyone trying something like this, always always add a few inches to your calculations so you have a little bit extra on the egdes to make it straighter. Laser levels are pretty cheap and can be super helpful to get your first panel started, and you can also use painter's tape to get your panels in place before having to commit to gluing them there, it's especially helpful if you're doing it by yourself.
The gasp I did when you cut around the outlet with the cover still on instead of taking it off and then covering with the cover but then the painting the outlet?? So good
"The wall doesn't specifically identify as str8"-me too babe lol I loved it Rach, it looked like you had painted the mural on the wall again, because of the canvas texture, & it is a lovely painting done by you!!! Very impressed. The white lines are not noticeable, and the wall lights would be a brilliant idea 🙂 Forgot you had a video tonight, so i was pleasantly surprised!!! & i demand to know what the builders are in your house for even though i'm not a patreon-tellme-tellme-tellme at once!!!! lol ;-) xxxxxxx
I absolutely LOVE this! Just for a tip if anyone is interested, there is a way to lessen the canvas look. You just need a couple layers of primer and then lightly sand in between. It takes a lot of extra work, but it can be worth it in the end. Personally tho, I really like the canvas look that the mural has, it makes it look like the painting is coming alive!
The sconces are a great idea. It will make it look very elegant! A you can always slowly paint over the wallpaper and adjust the tone of the colors. And that would take care of the seams.
