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Martin Ron points the finger in London's Shoreditch

Martin Ron, one of Argentina's most famous and talented street artists, is in London this week to paint a spectacular mural on one of the city's best-known walls.

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Martin Ron's hyper-realistic mural showing a hand pointing at a green and white checkered background, in progress on scaffolding in Shoreditch

Originally from Buenos Aires, he has been painting for more than 10 years and is known for his giant 3D surreal murals, using the technique of hyper-realism so that the bizarre situations he paints seem to happen in real life.

This is the first time Martin has visited London and he is painting all week in Shoreditch, an area renowned for artworks by world-famous street artists such as Banksy, Roa, Vhils, Stik, Ben Eine and Phlegm.

Here are some photos of Martin painting his new mural on day four yesterday - at the 128 square metres Village Underground Wall at 54 Holywell Lane. What an awesome project. Find out more on Facebook.

Martin Ron on scaffolding painting a large-scale mural on a brick wall in Shoreditch, London
Overhead view of artist Martin Ron's palette with red, orange and yellow paint buckets and brushes on a weathered, moss-covered wooden surface
Close-up detail of Martin Ron's hyperrealistic mural showing a textured hand painted on brick wall with green sections visible at the edges
Hands pointing at each other projected onto a bright green and white checkered surface as part of Martin Ron's mural in Shoreditch
Two large hands shaking against a bright green and yellow checkered background on Martin Ron's mural at Village Underground Wall in Shoreditch, with a person standing below
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