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The Book... Contents

Top left:
An otherwise blank wall outside has been painted, transforming it into an english garden with old iron gates.

Top right:
Peta has applied a stucco finish to the walls, then painted a trellis and climbing roses in lime based paint. This has given the walls a chalky fresco finish. The cement sheeting floor has been painted to look like large stone pavers.

Picture from Don Bourkes Magazine, Bourkes Back Yard DATE!

Lower left:
A plain wall is changed into lage stone blocks, with a painted drape and upholstered bed head and ornate carving. The cushions and bed are real.

Creating depth in a small garden area.

Painted bath exterior, walls and ceiling.

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Cracks Droplets & Marbling

The painted 'boudoir'

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Left:
A 'window' and 'scene' painted on MDF (medium density fibreboard) is perfect for a room lacking windows.

Right:
The niche is painted on a wall in a bathroom.

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A painted 'window vista'.

A painted 'niche' and 'floor tiles'.

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Stenciling
Cracks Droplets & Marbling

The leopard and the tiles are painted on to an old wooden floor.

How To... Stencil

The smaller pictures on left depict how to make an ivy stencil.

Firstly pick some real ivy leaves varying in shape from small to large, choose these carefully so you get the shape you want.

Next, lay them on paper or directly on acetate and mark out he shape with a pen, then cut out the shape with a sharp scalpe. If your image is on pape, transfer it to acetate by tracing.

Once you have your stencil ready place it on your prepared work and start with using sticky texture paint (almost dry) so as it does not bleed under your image.

Start with a mid green colour first then work up to a lighter green for highlights.

Ivy stencil

The finished project, natural looking ivy that was not hard to paint!

This is a realistic painting of a rug on a wooden floor. It was created by using the stencils shown left which were made from acetate.

For the design and shape of the rug I looked through catalogues advertising Persion carpets.

I have given you an example of what I used in the painted rug shown left.

Over the finished painted rug I used polyeurathane matt finish paint to seal it.

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Acetate stencils that were used for the rug..

You can pick out some images that you like, sketch them up to the size you require then transfer them to acetate for your stencil.

The stenciled rug, painted on the floor

How to... Cracks, Droplets & Marbling

Cracks, droplets and marbling techniques are all explained in the book.

Refer to the chapter 'The importance of paint effects'.

This gives you a painless way to paint, making things look as realistic as possable.

Two 'painted' droplets on a 'painted' peach

Many other techniques including ways to paint trees, bricks, grass, sky, sandstone, a glass, and easy perspective, fill the contents of the last two chapters of the book.

Painted cracks above the mirror.

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A wooden table top turns into a marble slab.