Wall Murals, Trompe l'Oeils for Interiors

Wall Murals and Trompe L'Oeils

HK Art Projects wall murals and trompe l'oeils can be seen in residential premises, bars, restaurants, nightclubs, swimming pools and hotels throughout the UK and abroad. From our base in London, we have been painting wall murals and trompe l'oeils for over 10 years.

Our portfolio covers a broad range of styles and themes from playful childrens' murals to beautifully detailed classical murals.

By following any of our wall mural links above, you will see how painted wall murals can be used in different ways, and how much they can enhance the decoration and interior design of a space.

All our murals are painted directly onto walls and ceilings or sometimes wooden panels for subsequent installation and finished with an appropriate protective varnish.

For more information on wall murals and trompe l'oeils, or if you have a specific murals project in mind, feel free to contact us to view our extensive portfolio.

How to Commission a Wall Mural

From the initial conversation, we would determine whether a quote could be advised there and then or whether a site visit would be needed to look at the space, and talk over the client's ideas.
From this chat, we would produce pencil drawings and several ideas expanding on suggestions from us.
Using these drawings, we would take the design stage further to full colour scaled drawings if requested.
At every stage we would be in contact with and involving the client in the process, so that they have as much input as they would like. Murals are specific and are a form of decoration which should be long lasting and enjoyed for years.
We strive to make our wall murals the highest quality, and use the best artist quality materials in their painting.

Quality in Murals - a Discussion

Current trends in interior decorating tend to steer clear of illustrative painting over a large scale. Fashions involve phrases like "contemporary" and "minimalist" which invariably become muddled and their meanings dissipated from their origins. Phrases become adopted by the interior design industry and by fashionable magazines and television presenters A "modern" approach could actually mean anything under the sun. What makes a blank wall any more modern than a full wall figure painting or a wall covered in colours and shapes? Our pluralistic age (what some commentators have labelled in recent decades as a post-modern age) tends to draw on a rich variety of sources and influences. It is no longer necessary for a painter to look to the masters only for influence, but to consider artwork and painting from all ages. A well educated painter doesn't make him / her a better painter, but it certainly helps. It helps to improve the quality both in and behind the work.

The job of the mural painter is to assess the space within which he / she is to work and to approach with a high level of intelligence. Specifically - a spatial and visual intelligence which encompasses many points.

An excellent level of drawing skill is a necessity. The ability to portray to scale and convincingly whatever the subject is the most basic and lays the foundations on which everything else develops. There is nothing worse than seeing a painting or mural that has been let down by the painter's lack of drawing ability.
An appreciation of tone and colour. Some painters possess a natural sense of colour. Others can learn it. When building up a painting, each new mark and each colour addition affects the others and the overall feeling of the painting. Experience makes the job easier and more instinctive.
In weighing up the space, the mural artist should be sympathetic to it, and be able to deal rationally with how the painting will work within it. A sense of vision is paramount with larger spaces. Michelangelo had an incredible sense of vision with his Sistine Chapel in The Vatican. Having seen the final ceiling work and then viewing the original drawings, one can only be amazed at the mental process and abilities of the man to bring this mammoth scale work together. Link to Sistine Chapel Images. From this link, Raphael's work can also be accessed.
The painter David Hockney would not consider himself a mural painter, and yet the scale and organisation of some of his paintings can be examined by the wall muralist. Hockney displays an unusual dexterity in juxtaposing areas of detail with large areas of flat colour. His large scale paintings work because of Hockney's visual intelligence.
Having an informed visual education. Looking at other painters and artists is an invaluable way of improving one's own visual language, developing techniques and understanding methods of working. Learning from the best artists is the greatest education a painter can have.
An adventurous nature will help any mural artist to have the confidence to push themselves, and in turn will encourage a fearlessness of mistakes, to change them and even to begin afresh.

This discussion will be expanded upon in the near future to include references and greater detail.
If you would like more information on anything mentioned here, please contact us.

Wall Murals / Trompe L'Oeil Painting

Wall Murals and Trompe L'Oeils

How to Commission a Wall Mural