The Complete Book Of Paint

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

Citing a high number of pollutants in today's indoor environments, a comprehensive guide to making organic, all-natural paint and finish alternatives offers step-by-step instructions on how to convert readily available ingredients. Original. 15,000 first printing.

'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.

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.

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.

Describes over fifty painting techniques, including marbling, stippling, aging, and others; features paint recipes for creating various effects on walls, wood, stone, and metal; and includes information on materials, brushes, and other equipment.

This practical step-by-step guide helps beginners quickly achieve immediate and impressive results. Thirty-eight step-by-step projects each illustrate a different painting technique, using watercolors, acrylics, or oils. Readers learn to paint landscapes, still life, people, flowers, animals, buildings, and more.

A guide to paint techniques demonstrates how to paint different rooms with various faux finishes and paint, describes a multitude of projects, and includes information on sponging, splattering, combing, strie and other methods.

Based on the author’s successful courses and workshops, Painting for the Absolute and Utter Beginner really does start at the beginning, helping new painters find "what works" while providing information on all the necessary tools, tips, and techniques they’ll need to create a representational painting. The chapters follow a progressive sequence that teaches basic skills through practical, accessible exercises–how to handle a brush, achieve the right paint consistency, mix color, and create dimension–building a solid foundation that readers can rely on as painting projects grow more challenging. A special feature is the artwork and commentary of real students, which helps beginners set realistic goals and shows them how other artists at the same level of experience have worked through inevitable setbacks to achieve success.