Toowoomba's first street art festival First Coat goes up with a splash of colour.

Wubik from Italy adds some international flair to First Coat in Mak Lane. (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

Hitnes completed this large artwork a week before the festival proper. The moth can be easily seen from Station street. (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

Fuzeillear from the Sunshine Coast used a fine brush for the detail of the beards in Duggan Street. (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

Fintan Magee tends to the low end of the elephant mural in Ruthven Street (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

Organisers say 550 spray cans and 300 litres of house paint went up on 15 walls throughout the weekend. (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

Bernard Talbot's accounting business in Bank Lane has been targeted by vandals in the past. Now he is the proud owner of a Gimiks Born artwork. (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

Hailing from Italy, Mr Wany incorporated a coffee cup into his mural. He joked that after a 25 hour plane ride he needed one or two coffees! (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

Internationally renowned artist Fintan Magee uses a scissor-lift to reach the high points of his mural in Ruthven Street. (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

Alice Weinthal is one of several local Toowoomba artists featured in First Coat. Her mural in Mark Lane proving popular with passers by. (ABC Southern Qld: Peter Gunders)

Designed to help eliminate illegal graffiti by painting murals on CBD laneways in Toowoomba, First Coat adds a touch of art, and a splash of colour to the Garden City.

Local artist Damien Kamholtz says he's thrilled to be one of many artists "animating public spaces that would otherwise be dreary, drab walls."

"There's a potential for tourism," Kamholtz says. "Fifteen walls over one weekend is going to change the cityscape. I think that will attract people to come and have a look at it."