A collection of projects from decorative painter Gretchen Cagle. Beginner and advanced painters are given step by step instructions for preparing and decorating baskets, bowls, chests, kitchen ware and more. Traceable patterns and colour mixing recipes are included.
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These are two decorative craft books from authors with considerable track records. Cagle, with 14 books and articles in Good Housekeeping and Redbook to her credit, here presents 31 projects applying fruit and flowers to baskets, birdhouses, boxes, kitchenware, and planters. Surface preparation, transfer patterns, painting, and glazing methods are covered in a glossy format. Wellford narrows her focus to painting only animals, and painting them only on rocks. Her first book on this topic (The Art of Painting Animals on Rocks, North Light, 1994) sold a remarkable 85,000 copies. These cute skunks on rocks, toads on rocks, mice on rocks, and cheese on rocks are fun and easy. Both books are recommended for popular craft collections.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Create something wonderful--even if you are a beginner,
By dbarnes@watervalley.net (Mississippi) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gretchen Cagle's Decorative Painting Keepsakes (Paperback)
I am relatively new to the craft of painting, but even I found Gretchen Cagle's Decorative Painting Keepsakes to be full of great "do-able" ideas. The photographs of the finished projects are beautifully done, and give valuable examples of how your work might look. The step-by-step instructions are easy to follow, and there are many tips on basic techniques and more advanced concepts. Most importantly, the designs in this book are in a variety of layouts, shapes, and color schemes, so you can adapt them to other types of projects, such as other types of woodwork or even canvas.
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This review is from: Gretchen Cagle's Decorative Painting Keepsakes (Paperback)
This book is great, has all the things I like to paint and at a very reasonable price. When buying painting books it would be great to be able to view the projects in the books. If you are unfamiliar with the Artist its hard to make a decision without seeing their style of painting.
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