Girl paints on wall, rolling door 'millions of views'

Without going to school, she practiced painting by herself from dusty lessons at construction sites, sidewalks, and streets... This girl has turned plain walls and rolling doors into unique works of art.

Although mural painting requires meticulousness and a lot of hard work, for 4 years, Tran Thi Minh Ngoc (23 years old), in Ha Hoa town, Ha Hoa district, Phu Tho province, has always spread positive energy to "breathe life" into each painting.

Learn to draw

Minh Ngoc had a talent for art since she was young. When she was in high school, Ngoc was asked by her teachers to draw decorations for the classroom. From there, Ngoc began to pay attention to painting murals and determined to pursue her dream, but due to her family's circumstances, she was unable to go to university.

Minh Ngoc and the "million view" work on rolling doors

"After graduating from high school in 2019, I moved to Hanoi to work as a supermarket employee, but because I love drawing, I often go to painters who paint hats and walls on the weekends to ask for some odd jobs such as rolling primer, washing brushes, mixing colors... to earn extra income and learn to draw," Ngoc said.

Following the artists for a while, at the end of 2019, Ngoc decided to quit her job at the supermarket to pursue a career in mural painting after seeing that she had "improved her skills". "When I decided to pursue this career, my family was very worried because this is an unstable job, but I convinced them because if I only worked at the supermarket forever, I would not be able to develop this passion," she said.

Glowing Wall Art

Ngoc's works

In the early days of arriving in Hanoi, because she did not have a motorbike, Ngoc often took a technology motorbike taxi to work, but because she was not familiar with the roads, she often got lost and it was very expensive. Not only that, the journey to pursue this job was not too easy.

"I once received a painting assignment for a project in Hai Phong , but because I was slow and not used to the pace, the painting was not smooth and none of the paintings were accepted. Back then, I kept traveling back and forth between Hanoi and Hai Phong to revise all the paintings, always staying up until 1-2 am without daring to quit," she shared.

Ngoc also often finds and connects with young people who share the same passion for art to collaborate on drawing projects. Although the number is very modest, about 3-4 members, they are all enthusiastic young people with creative spirit and from these colleagues, Ngoc learns many skills.

No need to be a knack

In addition to painting on walls, Ngoc can also paint on various materials such as wooden walls, clothes, rolling doors, floors, tables and chairs, etc. and depict any idea that the customer requests. "Usually, each painting will be completed in 2-4 days, including 4 main steps: sketching the image, lining the painting, pushing the color to make the light and dark blocks clear, and drawing the blocks. The most difficult part is coloring the blocks, because if the group does not understand each other's ideas, the colors will not match and the painting will not be perfect," Ngoc said.

A mural usually takes 2 - 4 days to complete.

Depending on the area, quality of the surface material for painting and the meticulousness, Ngoc will earn from 300,000 VND to 1.5 million VND/ ^m2 and the life of the painting will last from 3 to 5 years. The most prominent is the painting of a yellow rose garden on a rolling door by Ngoc and the group, completed in 5 days with an area of 13 ^m2 . Notably, this painting has received more than 6 million likes on social networks. As a customer of Ngoc, Ms. Dao Thuy Ha (38 years old), currently a cake maker in Viet Tri City (Phu Tho province), said: "I have known Ngoc since she was in high school. I asked Ngoc to paint a field of daisies and roses, she painted very beautifully, meticulously and carefully". When asked: "What does it take to pursue this job?", this girl who loves to paint "million-view" murals shared: "Doing this job does not necessarily require a knack for drawing, but requires a spirit of learning, endurance, patience and good health."

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