Trompe l'Oeil Murals Using Stencils - Softcover

Royals, Melanie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581800282 ISBN 13: 9781581800289

Publisher: North Light Books, 2005

Synopsis

With the advent of laser-cut plastic stencils, home decorators and hobbyists can now find hundreds of inexpensive and easy-to-use stencils for creating stunning illusions on walls, floors and ceilings. This guide provides the instruction they need to use these stencils with skill and confidence. Step-by-step, it covers the necessary skills, tools and techniques required to create realistic visual effects in a matter of hours. After learning to combine stencils, shields and tape with simple paint techniques, readers are guided through a series of preliminary tryouts and small scale projects. Readers will learn how to: select projects to match specific rooms, buy the proper equipment; prepare surfaces, manipulate stencils, and apply paint. The final section provides more advanced instruction on layout, planning and perspective for large-scale projects.

About this title

About the Author:

Melanie Royals is an experienced professional home decorator specializing in stencils and paint effects. She designs and sells her own line of designer stencils through her company, Royal Design Studios. Since 1995, she has been the director and principle instructor at The San Diego School of Decorative Painting, and has traveled widely teaching her stenciling techniques.

About this edition

• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1581800282
• ISBN 13: 9781581800289
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128