Author: Bobbie Pearcy
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781889937236
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Allows decorative painters to look up the name of any desired color and find up to five color matches they can create using name brands.
Author: Jennifer Long
Publisher: Northlight
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780891347828
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →CRAFTS Craft shops have a bewildering array of unfinished items made of wood, plaster, ceramics, and other materials all intended for decorative painting. The problem for many craftspeople is in getting started. This handbook, compiled by the editors of Decorative Artist's Workbook magazine, supplies the answers in the form of a variety of material from past issues. Brush strokes, surface preparation, painting techniques, and finishes are covered in the first part. The articles provide the basics for using modern paints and brushes in folk decoration such as Scandinavian rosemaling and Pennsylvania Dutch designs, as well as other popular styles. The second part deals with supplies and resources. There are step-by-step instructions with excellent color illustrations throughout. For all collections.-
Author: Yannick Guégan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 490
ISBN-13: 9780393730012
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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: Mindy Drucker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1990-08-15
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0671682490
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Now mastering decorative painting tecnhiques for walls, floors, ceilings, and furniture can be as easy as using a cookbook. This unique guide demonstrates how to create a variety of exciting surface effects using simple, basic painting methods, including color washing, stenciling, wood graining, sponging, and others. Full-color illustrations.
Author: Kevin McCloud
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 0671691422
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Shows forty decorating styles and demonstrates special painting techniques.
Author: Pierre Finkelstein
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780823008582
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This sourcebook of decorative painted finishes covers paint, mediums, and their usage, the decorative painter's colour palette, varnishes, brushes, and tools, and surface preparation and clean-up procedures. In addition, Finkelstein presents the history of the two schools of decorative painting.
Author: Sybil Edwards
Publisher:
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781861603791
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Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780731806355
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Pat Oxenford
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2008-09-05
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 0811740862
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Tole painting refers to decorative floral designs applied to tinware, traditionally on trays, coffeepots, teapots, cups, mugs, canisters, document boxes, and match safes. In this book, acclaimed painter Pat Oxenford provides guidance on the tools and materials needed to get started, tips on preparing tin for painting, and techniques for pulling the basic strokes that are the foundation for creating designs. Step-by-step photographs and detailed directions are included for using the strokes to create a variety of folk-art flowers and then several complete projects. A gallery of painted tinware offers inspiration.