'Introduction to Decorative Painting' is a completely new look at all the basic techniques and brushstrokes used in decorative painting (folk art). The book includes gilding, work on surfaces such as glass and fabric as well as the more usual wood and tin, pickling, crackling and antiquing - all clearly described and illustrated in painted examples and photographs.
Practical hints are given on how to avoid common mistakes, along with an invaluable brushstroke worksheet. The designs Lea Davis has chosen to decorate in her fifteen projects, all straightforward and easy to paint, are described in detail, with colour step-by-step worksheets for the elements required - extremely useful for the beginner. The designs are painted in today's colours and include two based on Australian wildflowers, done in the traditional manner.
