The Art of Faux!

Pierre has spent a lot of time explaining exercises for the novice to help them learn the European approach to decorative painting. This approach may seem slow at first, but with practise, you can increase your production and skill level to compete with the best.

The Handbook of Painted Decoration Incredibly detailed instructions are shown especially with trompe l'oeil techniques. Beautiful examples of modeling drapery. Has exercises and examples.   More information.

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Paint Magic

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