Trompe l'Oeil Interiors

Chris Westall is an established interior designer with over ten year's experience painting trompe l'oeils and murals. He currently heads his own interior design company and works on murals and trompe l'oeils for a range of private commissions. Chris lives in Wickford, Essex.

INTRODUCTION THE TRADITION OF MURALS AND TROMPE L'OEIL FIRST STEPS: choosing a site - preparing the surface - finding inspiration - your decorative style TOOLS AND MATERIALS SPECIAL TECHNIQUES: squaring up - transferring images - mixing colours - shadows and light - perspective - scale ELEMENTS: sandstone block - drape - balustrade - aged brick walls - columns - greenery - wood effect - louvered door PROJECTS: 1. Teddy bear looking into room through open window (variations include other examples of trompe l'oeil for children's rooms) 2. Sky ceiling with greenery (variations include Sky from Knossus mural) 3. Stone urn in a niche with drape (um on fireplace, um with landscape, urn with lemon tree) 4. Tuscan landscape through louvered window, with wine glass and crumbling wall (variations include Spanish balcony with louvered doors) 5. Stone archway with colums leading to classical garden and pond beyond (variations include sky through archway, wrought iron balustrade with view beyond) INDEX