Neat faces, Jeanne, and way to go on posting all of them together!! I've bought some of the molds from a gal who has a huge website and makes all kinds. I have a fairy face I need to paint, she's peaking thru leaves. The gal had some examples painted (she's good!) and I asked her for some tips. She uses regular exterior house paint, and doesn't even seal it she said. WOW, I never would have thought of that. Plus she gets it from the ooops bin at HD or Lowes. She also told me she uses brushes, sponges, and sometimes just her finger to blend colors. She gave me all sorts of tips and ideas thank goodness. I always need help. LOL. hugs, Karen

Is that the chiseled look? If so, I'm sorry to say I usually only like those outdoors. But, that is not to say in a lake cottage with the distressed alder wood it won't look great.

I haven't got a vertical rock face but I do have a north-facing wall which is rather ugly between my house and my neighbour which is north facing and in a very small space of soil have been very successful with a climbing hydranger which literally took off ready to cover the whole house and my neighbour's too! It is covered each summer with masses of creamy lacecap type flowers. It's quite easy to prune back a and control but has disguised the ugly wall really well. Note that it does lose it's leaves each winter. Hope this is of help.

While there are folks from other lands who regularly frequent the LD Forum, most of us are from the USA & correlate plants with the US Dept. of Agriculture hardiness zone maps & whether the location is eastern USA (moist) or western (dry.) Many plants grow in both locations so are known to people all over. If you had any idea what USA city Sydney is similar to, it would probably help greatly with any recommendations. I don't know if it grows where you are, but creeping fig, Ficus pumila, comes to mind as a plant that would grow on a wall for "softening" purposes. It is commonly used here on architectural structures and sheared so as to look manicured. If it is not sheared, it eventually develops a texture of "arms" that project outward from its base network so can easily become about 3' deep (thickness) if that feature is desired. A plant that broadly cascades and is used to drape over a wall are some of the Cotoneasters, which also have red berry interest at certain times of the year. Some low growing junipers are used drape over a wall, too. Anything viney can do this. Some ornamental grasses make a nice counterpoint to the cascading or draping plants. Grasses that are smaller (Muhly) could go on top and grasses that are larger (Miscanthus) could go at bottom.