Artist at Work, Mural, Trompe Dollhouse
Today I dismantled the drawer so it could be primed ready for painting. The stone colour (the undercolour) was mixed up and painted wherever stone should appear. I masked all the interior rooms and painted the walls and ceiling of two of them in white. Here is the...
Artist at Work, Mural, Trompe Bushland
I added some branches for the birds to perch on. Painted a whole pile of critters today, using my tiniest brush. There are all sorts of critters, from spiders to dragonflies to lizards to frogs to grasshoppers. Lots of them are near the water’s edge. Some are...
Artist at Work, Mural, Trompe Bushland
Today painted a pretty python perched between the pot plants. And two other sneaky snakes, one harmless and one nasty. Here are detailed closeups of my three snakes. Snake Detail 1 Snake Detail 2 Snake Detail 3 Then it was on to painting up a butterfly storm....
Artist at Work, Mural, Trompe Bushland
This is where the painting starts to come to life! I started adding in the flowers in the bushes at the rear, and added detail to the two Ironbark trees. I think the darker thin branches and leaves at the top add to the overall depth of the whole painting. The pathway...
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