Trompe L'oeil: Murals and Decorative Wall Painting - Softcover

Lynette Wrigley is a successful artist and talented designer working to commission, with her wide interest in design and the decorative arts In addition to her work with interior design, she is the author of Design Sourcebook Stained Glass, and co-author, with Mark Gerstein, of the international best-seller, Contemporary Crafts: Stained Glass, also published by New Holland. She also tutors workshops in stained glass techniques, and lives in North Yorkshire.

These three books look at decorative painting on a grand scale. Wrigley provides an overview of the art in her mostly inspirational rather than practical guide. She gives an international look at mural and trompe l'oeil painting in historical and contemporary settings, even including work by Rust. In his own work, Rust details his approach to trompe l'oeil by showing planned and in-situ projects that he has designed. He gives painting and planning advice as well as his sources for the inspiration of his designs. His book will be useful for experienced decoraters. Buckingham offers the amateur more detailed instructions for decorating walls, beginning with a review of necesarry equipment. She provides instructions for smaller projects before approaching larger-scale stenciling work such as painting mosaic floors and trompe l'oeil fireplaces, although stenciling is covered in better detail in Jane Gauss's Stencilling Techniques (LJ 5/15/96). While all are recommended where there is an interest, Buckingham and Rust should be the first choices for how-to collections.
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