Today at Trompe Moongate, my task was to build the jetty into Hạ Long Bay. I started by painting the wood so it gets paler into the distance, much like a real jetty. However, I realised that the jetty needed to be narrower to create the right illusion. That means that...
There is not long to go for Trompe Moongate on Oxford St, Bulimba. I spent today working on the details of the foreground, specifically the last two fishing boats located at the end of the jetty. You can see the end result in the image below. This once again involved...
Unfortunately, mural painting doesn’t always go to plan. Today at Trompe Moongate, I was planning to finish work on the jetty. However, during the week my rain coat broke! This meant I had to spend my time at the mural today rebuilding the rain coat with a...
I’m rugged up again today to work on Trompe Moongate in the cold morning air. I started by tweaking a few small features on the fishing villages that I completed yesterday. Then I added something really exciting, an emerald, green glaze across the water. A glaze...
Today at the Trompe Moongate mural I have been working on the fishing villages. There are two sections of fishing villages on the water, a distant one on the right and a closer one on the left. After finishing these villages, I’ll be really close to finishing...
Today I started work on Trompe Moongate by adding more details to the mountains. This involved touching up the foliage and the shadows to make the design as realistic as possible. However, most of my time today was spent finishing the sailboats. I started with...
Today at Trompe Moongate I spent the lovely, sunny morning setting up my painting station. However, as I noticed the sky was getting quite dark in Bulimba I checked the weather forecast, and there was a storm on the way! Watch the video below to find out what...
Today at Trompe Moongate I had to pull out my painting gloves to keep warm in the cool morning air. However, despite the cold, I’ve been able to make a lot of progress on the mural! I started by adding to the water of Hạ Long Bay and bringing it further down the...
Today I began painting a large section of Trompe Moongate – the water! As the outlining of the entire mural was completed yesterday, I began Day 13 by painting around the jetty in the foreground of the mural. I did this with pale yellow paint to create the right...
Today I had a late day out at Trompe Moongate in Bulimba. To start off I finished painting the sky with some nice, fluffy clouds above where the mountains will be. I also finished outlining the entire mural, and you can watch me walk you through the main elements in...
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