Painting Murals: Images, Ideas, and Techniques.

Cincinnati, Ohio:: North Light, 1998.. 2nd Printing, this edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: dark green cloth; light corner wear, otherwise a Near Fine book, with a Near Fine dust jacket; publisher's price on the jacket flap is intact.. about 10.25 inches square . Glossary, index. Dark teal endpapers. Description: Profusely illustrated with color photographs and instructional drawings. All the practical aspects of painting murals -- materials and equipment, preparing the surface, choosing a subject and style, and how to transfer your design -- are covered in the first part of the book. This section is followed by eight special projects taken from design to completion. For the keen amateur artist who has little or no technical skill, there are numerous demonstrations and ideas for less ambitious murals, such as flat, decorative themes, a fun project for the nursery and a surreal mural for the bathroom. Other projects cover spatial illusion, a mural for the garden, projects for smaller more manageable areas, plus a section on paint effects. At the end of each project you will also find examples of other muralists' works, proving ideas and inspiration. This was originally published in Great Britain in 1987; this is the second printing of the U.S. edition.