Quick & Easy Trompe l'Oeil Decorative Painting on Walls, Furniture, Frames & More

by Kerr Holding, Jocelyn

• ISBN13: 9780806971384
• ISBN10: 080697138X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-31
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

:"Visual deception" can open up space, solve a decorating problem, or create excitingobjets d'artto enliven your home. With just a few tricks of perspective, shadow, and color, anyone can usetrompe l'oeilto change the appearance of furniture, ceilings, walls, or an entire room! It's easy, and you don't have to be a skilled painter to get fabulous effects; this basic primer guides you through all the materials; preparing surfaces; mixing colors; and the laws of perspective from background to mid-distance to foreground--even an aerial view. Beautiful projects include a projection of a window overlooking a park, extremely suitable for beginners; painted stones; decorative panels; and classical forms like arches and columns. You won't believe how fast you can get great results!

Table of Contents

Preface	6	(2)
The origins of Trompe L'oeil	8	(4)
Looking for a Subject	12	(5)
Long, narrow corridors	12	(1)
Corners	12	(1)
Niches and recesses	12	(1)
A window overlooking an external wall	12	(1)
An undesired projection	12	(2)
In Morpheus' arms	14	(1)
The bathroom	14	(1)
Ceilings	14	(1)
Wardrobes	14	(1)
Attics	14	(1)
To interrupt a very large room	14	(3)
THE BASICS OF TROMPE L'OEIL	17	(32)
Materials	18	(2)
Preparing the surface	18	(1)
Retarding medium for acrylic colors	18	(1)
Acrylic resin in emulsion	18	(1)
Gel medium	18	(1)
Paintbrushes	19	(1)
Colors	19	(1)
``Behind'' The Color	20	(2)
The chromatic wheel	20	(1)
Darkening or lightening colors	20	(1)
Hiding a gas or electricity meter	20	(2)
Warm Colors	22	(2)
Cool Colors	24	(2)
Neutral Colors	26	(2)
Laws on Perspective	28	(4)
The background	28	(1)
The middle distance	28	(1)
The foreground	28	(2)
The view point	30	(1)
Perspective lines	30	(2)
Frontal Perspective	32	(2)
A drive	32	(1)
The Last Supper	32	(2)
Accidental Perspective	34	(1)
Aerial Perspective	35	(3)
A fish bowl	36	(2)
Tricks of Perspective	38	(11)
Superimposition	38	(1)
A chest of drawers	39	(1)
Contrast	40	(1)
Tonal values	40	(1)
Struggle	40	(2)
Hamsters	42	(1)
The cat and the dragon fly	43	(1)
The cat and the butterfly	44	(1)
Squirrels	45	(1)
Proportion	46	(1)
Dimensions	46	(1)
Shapes	46	(1)
In conclusion	46	(3)
TECHNIQUES	49	(32)
Perforating Technique	50	(4)
Chine vase	53	(1)
Projection	54	(2)
A window overlooking a park	54	(2)
Free Hand Drawing	56	(8)
Keys	56	(2)
A palette	58	(2)
Flowers	60	(1)
Clouds	61	(1)
Trees	62	(2)
Photocopies	64	(4)
Pictorial Art	68	(6)
Painted Stones	74	(2)
Dog-shaped doorstoppers	74	(1)
Unusual paperweights	75	(1)
Painting on Wood	76	(2)
Decorative Panels	78	(3)
COPYING TECHNIQUES	81	(18)
Wood	82	(2)
A pipe	82	(2)
Marble	84	(6)
How to make artificial marble	86	(4)
Malachite	90	(4)
Bricks and Terracotta	94	(5)
ARCHITECTONIC TROMPE L'OEIL	99	(8)
Arches	100	(2)
An arch	100	(2)
Niches	102	(1)
Columns	103	(1)
Boiseries	104	(3)
EASY TROMPE L'OEIL	107	(14)
A library	108	(2)
A closet with music score	110	(2)
A baroque panel	112	(2)
Sienese Villa	114	(2)
Marbled niche	116	(2)
An ornamental bouquet	118	(3)
SCENEIC TROMPE L'OEIL	121	(14)
A window overlooking the woodlands	122	(2)
A window with creepers	124	(2)
Wardrobe decorated by the perforated technique	126	(2)
Dry flowers and a chest of drawers	128	(3)
A rabbit's cage	131	(1)
A floral screen	132	(3)
ARTIST'S TROMPE L'OEIL	135	(25)
Images for Trompe L'oeil	151	(9)
Index	160