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Professional Painted Finishes: A Guide to the Art and Business of Decorative Painting (Whitney Library of Design)

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Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill

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A guide to professional decorative painting, this book attempts to teach designers and decorative painters how to make effective use of special paint techniques in interiors. The book gives instruction and step-by-step illustrations of over 50 glazing, graining and marbling techniques and provides essential information for running a successful practice. All of the techniques are of a professional caliber, yet are easy to do and use readily available paints and tools. The authors also attempt to teach the reader how to analyze a surface to render any substance in faux. The section on professional practice - which includes tips on starting a business, working with clients, setting a billing rate, drafting a letter of agreement, and the decorative painting process - makes this book a tool that can be used by both professionals and newcomers to this popular field of art.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 698.14
EAN: 9780823044184
ISBN: 0823044181
Label: Watson-Guptill
Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 282
Publication Date: 1991-06-01
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Studio: Watson-Guptill


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• The Art of Faux: The Complete Sourcebook of Decorative Painted Finishes (Crafts Highlights)
• How to Start a Faux Painting or Mural Business: A Guide to Making Money in the Decorative Arts
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

another dumb search inside feature -
This may be a great book - probably is, but the search inside feature is entirely wasted, because the pages they show you do not show you what the finished product looks like! Instead they show the pages devoted to process. Now that's stupid. THAT should be the information they withhold, while showing the (supposedly) fabulous results.

I won't buy this book unless I someday stumble upon it in a bookstore and can browse through it - and like the effects their methods produce.

Important reference-best info in Faux =) -
This was one of the 1st books that inspired me in faux. It is a must have in any faux finish library.


We used some of these clasic techniques and principles in the famous faux house captured in the hot new book "The House that Faux Built: Transform Your Home with Paint, Plasters and Creativity" The House That Faux Built

Excellant book!! -
If you can't decide what to do to that plain ole drab wall look through this book!! Shows step by step exciting and new techniques that maybe one wouldn't' have thought of ((or have the nerve to do)). If you get get stuck in what to do, just flip through and it will get your " creative juices" flowing!!

Not really recommended but OKAY -
I was looking forward to this book but was rather disappointed due to the extensive written instructions but the rather sketchy illustrative photos.

The best of the best -
I bought this book more than ten years ago, I have an almost complete collection of books on painted finished, especially of wood and marble. The "Professional Painted Finishes" is absolutely the best I have, it is oozing QUALITY throughout. It is not for beginners but is The reference to return to again and again. It is also lovely just to browse through.

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