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Manufacturer: North Light Books

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With this innovative guide, aspiring and professional muralists will learn to paint gorgeous wall creations - using only a household sponge! Painting Murals Fast & Easy includes: A new mural technique - one that's surprisingly quick to do and uses common, everyday supplies; 6 step-by-step demonstrations that incorporate popular mural elements: skies, clouds, flowers, rivers, beaches, palm trees of and more; 15 additional mural projects readers can adapt to match their own tastes and home decor; This quick technique produces stunning results - perfect for beginners reluctant to spend too much time as well as professional muralists who know that time is money.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 751.4
EAN: 9781581805734
ISBN: 158180573X
Label: North Light Books
Manufacturer: North Light Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: 2005-05-01
Publisher: North Light Books
Studio: North Light Books


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Amateurish Murals -
The mural examples in this book are really crudely done (as you could expect when using sponges to paint with). I wouldn't want to duplicate any of the paintings shown on this book. If you have any talent for painting at all, stay away from this book. There are many better books on mural painting.

Amazing Murals -
I loved the murals and the book. This book opened my eyes to so many possibilities.

A useful book -
This book can be useful for both beginning muralists and those with more experience.

1 - Beginners: For someone wanting to paint a mural in their child's bedroom, for example, the techniques in this book are ideal - and will easily achieve excellent results. It is even possible to involve the child in some of the simpler methods - if say, between age 6 and 13.

2 - Experienced painters: Before seeing this book, I had already used some of the sponging techniques in my own murals, i.e. to create a soft cirrus cloud haze, or the spray from breaking waves. (It is important to note that there are many different sponges, and natural sponges give very different effects depending on which side you use.) Where details are required, these can be added using brushes of various shapes and sizes as well as various media to achieve the desired effect. It was helpful to match the method of application to the effect wanted, and not be limited by traditional tools.

It is not a modern innovation to experiment with materials on hand, including household utensils and ingredients. After all, the old masters tried many different tools and techniques, no doubt raiding the cook's kitchen for their purposes! (From where else did we get egg tempera?)

I can definitely recommend this book, alongside the likes of Jean Dyrsdale Green's "Arteffects" - which includes sponging techniques using other materials (such as crumpled newspaper or a scrunched up length of masking tape.) Painting Murals Fast and Easy can be a great stimulus for the innovative artist.

Don't bother -
I got this book because it seemed interesting, but I really don't care for it. For me, the paintings aren't detailed enough. You can't get a lot of little detail with a sponge. Sure, sponges can be used for some parts of a painting, but not for the whole thing if you want a lot of detail. It's the little details that make a painting more interesting to look at.

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