The Decorative Painting Color Match Sourcebook

The Decorative Painting Color Match Sourcebook
Author: Bobbie Pearcy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Acrylic painting
ISBN: 9781889937236

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.

Recipes for Surfaces

Recipes for Surfaces
Author: Mindy Drucker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1990-08-15
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 0671682490

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.

The Handbook of Painted Decoration

The Handbook of Painted Decoration
Author: Yannick Guégan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 490
Release: 1996
Genre: 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.

The Complete Book of Decorative Paint Techniques

The Complete Book of Decorative Paint Techniques
Author: Annie Sloan
Publisher: Gramercy
Total Pages: 230
Release: 1990
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780517022658

Explains in detail about mixing colors, applying paint, brushes and equipment required. Easy to follow instructions and step by step photographys.

Paint Effects Masterclass

Paint Effects Masterclass
Author: Sacha Cohen
Publisher: Southwater Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781842152706

The surge of interest in decorative paint effects has led to an ever-expanding range of materials and techniques to try. Find your way through the maze with advice on equipment, paints, glazes and varnishes. Over 50 paint treatments help you to transform your house.

Decorative Style

Decorative Style
Author: Kevin McCloud
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1990
Genre: Color in interior decoration
ISBN: 0671691422

Shows forty decorating styles and demonstrates special painting techniques.

Decorative Paint & Faux Finishes

Decorative Paint & Faux Finishes
Author: Editors of Sunset Books
Publisher: Oxmoor House
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-06-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780376013897

This all-new edition of one of Sunsets perennial best sellers is back and better than ever with loads of ready-made color combinations, tips on choosing the right painting effects, advice from the pros, and information on specialty tools. It has tons of photos to get your creative juices flowing and confidence-building instruction on techniques and materials to see you through to the successful completion of your masterpiece. Features n This comprehensive decorative painting guide is the second edition of a Sunset best seller n Provides instruction on thirty decorative paint techniques with step-by-step photography and color combining recommendations n Includes newer techniques as well as tried-and-true favorites that will inspire novice and experienced painters alike n Completely updated resource and materials guide

Annie Sloan's Complete Book of Decorative Paint Finishes

Annie Sloan's Complete Book of Decorative Paint Finishes
Author: Annie Sloan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2004-02-28
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781843400523

'Annie Sloan's Complete Book of Decorative Paint Finishes' explores all the decorative techniques you will ever need to decorate your home creatively, innovatively, and with professional results. Techniques from ragging and sponging to woodgraining and marbling, stencilling with brushes, rollers or spray paints, traditional and modern decoupage, staining wood, and distressing metal leaf are explained with step-by-step instructions and illustrated on walls, furniture, and accessories. Examples of how the effects look using different colours are also included, so that you can choose the perfect combinations for your project.

Priscilla Hauser's Book of Painting Patterns

Priscilla Hauser's Book of Painting Patterns
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2008-02
Genre: Decoration and ornament
ISBN: 1402753861

Provides information on using and transferring patterns; choosing supplies; and mastering techniques such as shading and highlighting, blending, changing colours and finishing the piece. This book also covers preparing and painting on different surfaces, from glass and fabric to wood and metal.

The Art of Faux

The Art of Faux
Author: Pierre Finkelstein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1997
Genre: Finishes and finishing
ISBN: 9780823008582

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.