Author : Jackie Shaw
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 39,91 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780823002658
In this complete guide the author gives instruction and design ideas for both untrained and experienced artists.
Author : Suzy Eaton
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 30,90 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Furniture painting
ISBN : 9781402725654
Author : Jackie Shaw
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 50,63 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780823002658
In this complete guide the author gives instruction and design ideas for both untrained and experienced artists.
Author : Mickey Baskett
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,20 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781402728044
Decorative, glass, and silk painting; paper crafts; woodburning; ink and wash techniques; embroidery -- there are more than 200 designs for just about any craft. The colorful line art contains patterns for every day (flowers, fruit, animals, angels) and for holidays. Trace the patterns, or reduce or enlarge them. Projects, examples, and instructions show how to apply the designs.
Author : Di Singleton
Publisher : North Light Books
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 38,40 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781581802528
The only difficult thing about decorative painting is really believing in one's ability to do it. with this book and some practice, readers can become competent decorative painters--even if they have never picked up a brush before. By taking a structured approach to brushwork, designs can be mastered and embellished as skills are acquired. Readers will learn how to master a variety of techniques, including masking, sideloading, mopped shading, smoking, stenciling, tinting, crackling and decoupage. Over 50 step-by-step techniques, suitable for novice and advanced painters alike, ensure that any project can be tackled with success. Di Singleton became hooked on painting as a hobby and years later decided to turn it into a business. She runs a decorative painting studio in South Somerset, England where she also teaches classes for beginners and intermediate painters. She also runs an Internet magazine for decorative painters and travels to the U.S. once a year to take classes, improve her abilities and get new ideas.
Author : Kevin McCloud
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Color decoration and ornament
ISBN : 0684874342
Through the use of more than 400 instructional and inspirational color photos and a unique 16-page color selector on graduated pages, the author of "Decorative Style" and "Lighting Style" demystifies the art of using colors, textures, paints, and surface finishes to create dramatic and distinctive effects in any home.
Author : Priscilla Hauser
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 15,82 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781402714740
Priscilla Hauser, the queen of decorative painting, and Boris Grafov, a Russian-born painter whose native village is world-renowned for its art, have produced a luminous follow-up to their Russian Folk Art Painting. This radiant new volume features bright arrangements of flowers, fruits, and leaves, bordered in gold or silver filigree, and set off by a black lacquered surface. It’s a style with a timeless appeal, and Hauser and Grafov provide comprehensive instructions for creating ten beautiful patterns on furniture and other objects. All the necessary skills are explained, with plenty of advice on preparing the surface, wielding the brush, and mixing colors. Start by painting the intricate borders of wreath and linked motifs, then, make the designs more luscious with every colorful layer.
Author : Yannick Guégan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 30,58 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780393730012
The essential reference for amateur and professional alike, The Handbook of Painted Decoration is the first book to cover the whole spectrum of trompe l'oeil decorative painting, from classic marbling and wood graining to ancient techniques of decorative painting that have been nearly forgotten.
Author : Annie Sloan
Publisher : Gramercy
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 26,87 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780517022658
Explains in detail about mixing colors, applying paint, brushes and equipment required. Easy to follow instructions and step by step photographys.
Author : Plaid
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 43,21 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781402727641
"Students in decorative painting classes as well as people trying painting on their own will find this a useful guide. A good selection."--Library Journal Take a decorative painting course right at home! This entry in the popular series walks you through the basics of decorative painting and carefully builds skills with a collection of sequential projects. Practice making scrolls on a filigree platter, and see how to use the chiseled end of a brush to make a palm trees bathroom set. Work with splattering on a snowman candy dish, and stippling on a honey bear plate. A selection of more complex projects helps you move beyond the basics.
