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In this session, I was able to draw more hedges surrounding the lower plaza, add more sculptures, tidy up the ...
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In this session, I completed a number of little tweaks on the mural. This included finishing the existing shadows in ...
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After mixing five different colours, I painted soft blended bands of each one on the mural to create the forest ...
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Today I planted out some trees, rosebushes, and miles of hedges — all clipped and neat. The rose bushes haven't ...
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In very exciting news...the first fountain now has colour! But not only that, the garden beds have also been added ...
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Today, I had to pick up my pencil again to darken the outlines of all of the beautiful grass patches ...
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I'm making progress on the Trompe Versailles garden! In this session, I finished painting all the pathways and around the ...
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Guess what? The entire forest is finished! I'm amazed that we're at this point. The mural is looking very lush ...
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I've really been looking forward to adding colour to the Trompe Versailles gardens and today was just the beginning! I ...
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In today's session, I reached such an exciting milestone - the entire frame is now complete! I'm so happy with ...
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Before I was able to finish the frame, I had to catch the fourth panel up to the progress level ...
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After I finished laying and detailing the brickwork in my last session, all they still needed was grout. I started ...
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Today was a massive day of mural painting! In this session, I finished laying the brickwork around the entire mural ...
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The mural has reached a really exciting stage! Today I got the stone painted in and also started on the ...
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Today, I did a ton of masking and painted all around the outside of the panels to hide that they ...
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Today, I got started by getting actual paint on my brush, then onto the canvas, and then I stopped when ...
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Now the design is all finished, I can start drawing on the canvas! First I blackened out in behind the ...
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It has taken me nearly two weeks to finalise the entire mural design, but I can proudly say it is ...
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This morning, I finished hanging the panels in the studio because the canvas blinds were being delivered and installed later ...
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Today I helped my husband, Phil, to build a wooden frame for the aluminium panels which will sit behind each ...
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Today my husband Phil and I measured out the wall space for the panels. It took a good deal of ...
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Today I worked on tidying my studio so that my husband Phil and I can hang the panels. When I'm ...
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Today the panels for Trompe Versailles were delivered to my studio in Bellbowrie, Australia. This means that the mural is ...
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This is the very last day of work on Trompe Moongate, a 3D-mural of Hạ Long Bay in Vietnam, painted ...
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Today I've added a little something extra to the mural at Bulimba — the social share links! This was really ...
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I'm so excited to announce that the painting of Trompe Moongate is FINISHED! Today was the very last day of ...
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As mentioned in the video above, I'm getting very close to completing the Trompe Moongate mural at Bulimba. Today I ...
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Yesterday I finished painting the wood of the long jetty leading from Oxford Street, Bulimba and down into Hạ Long ...
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Today at Trompe Moongate, my task was to build the jetty into Hạ Long Bay. I started by painting the ...
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There is not long to go for Trompe Moongate on Oxford St, Bulimba. I spent today working on the details ...
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Unfortunately, mural painting doesn't always go to plan. Today at Trompe Moongate, I was planning to finish work on the ...
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I'm rugged up again today to work on Trompe Moongate in the cold morning air. I started by tweaking a ...
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Today at the Trompe Moongate mural I have been working on the fishing villages. There are two sections of fishing ...
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Today I started work on Trompe Moongate by adding more details to the mountains. This involved touching up the foliage ...
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Today at Trompe Moongate I spent the lovely, sunny morning setting up my painting station. However, as I noticed the ...
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Today at Trompe Moongate I had to pull out my painting gloves to keep warm in the cool morning air ...
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Today I began painting a large section of Trompe Moongate - the water! As the outlining of the entire mural ...
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Today I had a late day out at Trompe Moongate in Bulimba. To start off I finished painting the sky ...
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Today I am working on Trompe Moongate at Bulimba, and it's time for one of my favourite steps in the ...
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Since the last post, I've continued working on the brick detailing around the moongate at the Trompe Moongate mural in ...
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Today I've been working on the brick moongate for Trompe Moongate in Bulimba. Despite the chilly morning, I'm really happy ...
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Early this morning I headed to Trompe Moongate in Bulimba to get ready to start painting. First, I had to ...
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Today I spent time outlining the grout of the bricks in Trompe Moongate, outside Vietnamese Mint in Bulimba. Tomorrow I ...
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Today I spent more time designing the layout for Trompe Moongate on Oxford Street, Bulimba. I am really happy with ...
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Two days of work doing digital design and it’s nearly there! Client is very happy with the design so far ...
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Today I had a late night at the Trompe Moongate mural in Bulimba. I've spent the day doing a lot ...
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It's the very first day on location in Bulimba for the Trompe Moongate art project. This project is right next ...
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Today I dismantled the drawer so it could be primed ready for painting. The stone colour (the undercolour) was mixed ...
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Today was the last painting day to finish off. I painted nine birds, one marsupial, and one monotreme. The central ...
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I added some branches for the birds to perch on. Painted a whole pile of critters today, using my tiniest ...
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I added a few more Brisbane butterflies, then added two big Brisbane beetles: the Stag beetle and the Christmas beetle ...
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Today  painted a pretty python perched between the pot plants. And two other sneaky snakes, one harmless and one nasty ...
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Lots of fine detail work today: creating the hoya vine with its intricate flowers, then the Richmond Birdwing butterflies on ...
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The flowers on the shrubs always really bring the mural to life. I added highlights to the wall plant hangers ...
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This is where the painting starts to come to life! I started adding in the flowers in the bushes at ...
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A big day today painting details. I finished fixing the shapes of the big terracotta pots on the deck, then ...
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Today I drew the top line of the stoneblock column. Here’s a little video of what else I got up ...
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Today I drew the stone block columns on the wall. The time that’s been spent in getting the scale drawing ...
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Today I moved all the materials and resources I need to bring the Trompe Alhambra to life from my studio ...
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This trompe l’oeil mural has just been completed by Jacqueline Hill in Brisbane inner West. It was a commission for ...
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Did some tricky measuring up for the white balustrade, taped up and started painting. Also tweaked the buildings in the ...
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Today I spent more time working on the stonework. The sea and the sky are now finished. At one stage ...
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I repainted the design of the clouds on the computer until I was happy with them: I also worked on ...
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I started painting the cobblestones and ocean. The stonework got a bit more stoned, but there’s still al long way ...
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When I got all set up ready to start today I discovered this little cutie lying in my way. How ...
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Rosie is Sonja’s adorable little Bichon princess that loves keeping me company while I’m working. She is going to be ...
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Today I got my big brushes out at last and painted the start of the sky. I’ve made it a ...
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I painted a little watercolour of the background to get the exact shapes we wanted. Then I overlaid it under ...
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Sonja and I sat together and worked out the details of the design in colour. I drew and painted it ...
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Today I met up with the lovely Sonja and measured up the wall in her home in the French Quarter ...
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Today I met up with the lovely Sonja and measured up the wall in her home in the French Quarter ...
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This mural is being created right now by Jacqueline Hill in Brisbane inner West. It is a commission for a ...
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Today I used a primer that we selected for it's aggressive grip on the panel to make sure the mural ...
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Do you have a large wall surface that needs some interest added to it? Do you have a small, walled ...
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June 2018: spreading out all the ideas on my huge studio table to bring it all together in one design ...
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