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The Fine Art of Decoupage (Milner Craft)

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there is nothing terribly original, bold or daring about the author's art work in decoupage. However, if one sticks to Renaissance painting with artists like Raphael and Botticelli, it is really hard to end up with bad images. so she wins hands down so far imagery wise in the decoupage art books. she combines these art works with some very beautiful marbled and other specialty papers which set off these paintings beautifully. she explains she is a great lover of art history and that is why she does decoupage. i think for other old master lovers out there, this may indeed be the perfect medium of expression. i Am sure these are quite commercially salable as well. i'd be tempted to buy one.

she also gives good directions on how to decoupage although I still like NEW DECOUPAGE'S instructions best. she also gives a few chapters of basic art and design principles. although since the Renaissance artists were masters at this, it isn't strictly necessary for her kind of work. i'm not even sure a good aesthetic sense can be taught to someone without such a sense.