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Author: Home Depot (Firm)
Publisher: Better Homes & Gardens Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780696211072
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides an introduction to color and style, and features illustrated, step-by-step instructions for a variety of decorating projects and techniques for walls, ceilings, windows, doors, floors, furniture, and bathrooms.
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2008-02
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 1402753861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProvides 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.
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: North Light Books
Published: 1997-09-15
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780891347224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBest known for her graceful roses and loved by thousands of student painters for her clear and enthusiastic style of teaching, Priscilla Hauser has earned a reputation as "America's First Lady of Decorative Painting." &break;&break;In this complete guide, Priscilla shows you how to paint your own beautiful roses - along with daises, lilacs, violets, poppies, irises, tulips and other lovely flowers. &break;&break;You'll find everything you need to get started: &break;Supplies. A handy guide to all the supplies you'll need for a decorative painting in oils and acrylics, including which brushes to use and how to care for them. &break;Surface Preparations and Finishes. Learn how to properly prepare wood, metal, fabric and other surfaces for your decorative painting. Plus, you'll find easy techniques for creating fabulous finishes such as antiquing and crackling. &break;The Basics. Practice these fundamental skills - from basic brushstrokes to blending - and you'll be painting flowers in no time! &break;&break;Watch your brushstrokes bloom in 22 flower painting projects! Starting with simple patterns and techniques and progressing to more challenging ones, these projects will show you how to paint an assortment of leaves and flowers. Priscilla includes paint-along worksheets for practice; patterns for you to copy; step-by-step photos and instructions; photos of the finishes pieces' and lots of ideas for using your painted flowers to decorate an endless variety of surfaces. &break;&break;Whether you're a total beginner or an experienced painting, Priscilla's techniques and patters will help you fill your home (and friends' homes!) with the ever-fresh beauty of painted flowers.
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Published: 2008-03
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 1402753896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnyone who has ever fantasized about having the skills to paint beautiful decorative home projects, can now make those dreams come true. Priscilla Hauser has successfully developed a technique that allows novices to learn her charming style, effortlessly. Hauser begins by teaching the most basic brush strokes, and how to use them to build a basecoat to shade and highlight until a lusciously executed design emerges. Nothing could be simpler, or less intimidating. She discusses preparing the surface, brush loading and double-loading, undercoating, stripping, washes, and other effects, and provides plenty of helpful worksheets plus quick tricks for creating intriguing background finishes. Beginners will quickly and confidently master such projects as bright sunflowers and daisies on a watering can, lemons on tableware, a bird-embellished frame, and a butterfly-covered candle lantern.
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781402706073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo one has taught more people decorative painting than Hauser, whose first book on the subject sold more than a million copies. This lovely, personal introduction to the basics of capturing flowers features handwritten pages with her reflections, worksheets for each project and brush stroke, patterns, and a photographic breakdown of all the necessary skills.
Author: Priscilla Hauser
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9781402714740
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPriscilla 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: Gretchen Cagle
Publisher: Northlight
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780891347330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUse these charming motifs to brighten walls, give new life to old furniture, and create unique accent pieces and special gifts.
Author: Judy Morgan
Publisher: North Light Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781581805093
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDecorative painters love the charming country landscapes found in the art of American masters Grant Wood, Rufus Porter and Charles Wysocki. Their simplified styles celebrate rural America through paintings of rolling hills and farmlands dotted with sheep or old-fashioned farm houses.Now, anyone can paint these nostalgic scenes with the easy instructions found in Painting Americana. In this book, readers learn:* Simple techniques for painting hills, farm animals, trees, barns and more that even beginners can master* How to achieve rustic effects on wood and metal surfaces* 10 unique step-by-step projects, including a Pennsylvania Dutch design on a door crown and French country chickens on a bentwood boxStunning finished pieces make perfect gifts and family keepsakes.
Author: Areta Bingham
Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780806947358
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A more than credible job of presenting both the basics as well as a 19-project gallery of outdoor items. Each project features directions as well as worksheets on various design parts. The projects include chairs, tables, fountains, stepping stones and rocks, candleholders, planter boxes, and a watering can. Paint conversion chart...metric conversion chart."--"Booklist." "A must-have for your book collections!"--"Tole World."
Author: Jackie Shaw
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9780941284400
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