Whether you want to bring an old table back to life, jazz up a wall, pick out a cornice or make a staircase look like marble, this handbook sets out to demonstrate how to achieve intriguing and dramatic painting effects on a wide variety of surfaces. Many of the techniques have traditionally been the preserve of professionals, but they are also accessible to the careful amateur. Straightforward instructions are offered on choosing a colour scheme, buying tools and materials, preparing the surface, and a wide range of techniques from basic broken colour methods to advanced representational and fantasy effects. Tricks of the trade and hints on using particular effects to mask problem surfaces are also included.
- ISBN10 0316906182
- ISBN13 9780316906180
- Publish Date 5 December 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 December 2009
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Little, Brown & Company
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 144
- Language English