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Trompe L'Oeil: Creating Decorative Illusions With Paint by Roberta Gordon-Smith

Name: Trompe L'Oeil: Creating Decorative Illusions With Paint by Roberta Gordon-Smith
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SKU: 0891348883
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Trompe L'Oeil: Creating Decorative Illusions With Paint by Roberta Gordon-Smith

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A Decorative Painting Guide to Architectural Illusions, Faux Finishes, and Wall Murals

Decorative painter Roberta Gordon-Smith details the technique of trompe l'oeil ("fool the eye"), demonstrating how to paint three-dimensional architectural illusions on flat walls, furniture, and canvas panels. The instructional guide explains perspective construction, vanishing points, light source consistency, and drop-shadow calculations required to deceive the viewer's eye.

The book includes step-by-step projects covering faux finishes (marble, aged stone, wood grain), architectural details (molding, niches, faux windows), and decorative motifs (draped fabric, foliage, pottery). Gordon-Smith details surface preparation, glaze mixing, stencil applications, and specialized brush techniques for residential and studio applications.

Why You’ll Love This Book

With practical step-by-step instructions and technical perspective rules, Roberta Gordon-Smith teaches decorative painters and DIY muralists how to execute convincing architectural illusions and faux finishes.

Edition & Specifications

Publisher: North Light Books

Pages: 144

Format: Hardcover

Publication Date: 1998

ISBN: 9780891348887

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