I have several faux finishing books I’ve accumulated over
the years (I used to do a good bit of faux and fancy paint finishes), and this
is the best one I’ve found. His great strength in this book is various types of
fake stone: marble, semiprecious stone, limestone and sandstone. He devotes a
lot of space and step by step photographs to stone. A lot of it is fairly
advanced, but there is also some easy ones like lapis lazuli. There is one
magnificent faux inlaid panel he shows us; a vase of flowers of inlaid
semiprecious stones. The finishes most people would start with, especially on
large walls, like patinas and distressing, are in there, as well as the high
complex art of trompe l’Oeil- painting fancy moldings on walls and doors. Finkelstein
is the first author I have seen actually demonstrate *how* to draw the moldings
and paint them, complete with shadows and highlights. Other books show a couple
of them to you and “And then a miracle occurs!” they don’t bother to tell you
how to do them. Trompe l’Oeil is the one faux that always defeated me. Now I
almost feel like I could do it, and I happen to have a couple of flat doors
that need painting…
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I have a couple pieces of furniture I plan to paint. This is new for me. The book sounds interesting but probably beyond my skills at this point
ReplyDeleteSee if your library has the Jocasta Innes book "Paint Magic" or "The New Paint Magic". It's a little more basic, as is "Decorating With Paint" which seems to be out of print now. If you can't find them, you can borrow mine. They are the books I learned from (of course, I also learned from a really good house painter, which gave me a lot of the knowledge that *isn't* in the books.. if you hit a snag, get in touch with me and I'll be happy to try and help)
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