Product Description

Learn how to create a variety of pretty wall murals, decorative borders and wall treatments that are so easy most can be painted in a day! Donna Dewberry provides all the information readers need-everything from getting started and choosing supplies to mastering basic techniques.

Starting with six colorful borders, including vining ivy, rosebuds, hydrangeas, a daisy chain, ferns and more, Donna then demonstrates how to paint four charming wall murals, step-by-step: An old world scene with faux-marble columns, stone floor, arched doorway and tree- lined vista A welcome sign with white picket fence, birdhouse, flowers and leafy tree A formal topiary in an old mossy urn in front of a breakaway brick wall A birdbath under a white garden trellis covered with a pink-rose vine

Readers can take any one, or several, of the design elements in these murals and incorporate them into designs of their own, or they can just copy the complete mural out of the book. Donna also includes guidelines for creating two beautiful and sophisticated wall treatments.

A final chapter provides valuable insights on making a business out of muraling, including pricing your work and finding customers.

Donna Dewberry is the author of Painting Garden Décor with Donna Dewberry, Donna Dewberry's Complete Book of One-Stroke Painting, Decorative Murals with Donna Dewberry and Decorative Furniture with Donna Dewberry. She is one of the top-selling presenters of QVC's shopping network and has appeared on the Carol Duvall show. She paints designers for many well-known home decorating enterprises, including Better Homes & Gardens and Longaberger baskets. She also teaches one-stroke certification classes all over the country Donna lives in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #555365 in Books
• Published on: 2003-04-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

From Booklist
In her book on "quick and easy" murals, Dewberry presents projects that can be done in as little as a single day, starting with six colorful floral borders, then helping readers cumulatively develop skills with four step-by-step wall murals. From classical columns to picket fences, trees and birdbaths, these paintings dramatically change a room, transforming it into its own landscape. With an eye to the practical, Dewberry provides a final chapter with tips on developing a muraling business.

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About the Author
Donna Dewberry is without doubt the most successful and well-known decorative painter ever. She has done nine books for North Light since 1998. She is contracted through 2007 with PBS stations nationwide for her program “One-Stroke Painting with Donna Dewberry” and is also a regular presenter on the Home Shopping Network. Her designs are licensed for home décor fabrics, wallpapers, borders, stick-ons, bedding, etc. Donna’s most recent North Light books are Donna Dewberry’s Designs for Entertaining (2006) and Painting Fabulous Flowers with Donna Dewberry (2006).

Customer Reviews

Quick and Easy Murals
A great book for those who want to start painting on the walls. While if doesn't show a beginner color worksheets on every element it is great for the intermediate to advanced beginner. There are hundreds of step-by-step photos. The projects that take the most painting skill are the borders. Donna shows you how to paint six wall borders using photos showing step by steps. The four wall murals give a great effect and are truly quick and easy. And then she shows two wall treatments that will show you that you never need to use wall paper again. It is so much easier to repaint than to strip wallpaper. For the more advanced or highly motivated painter Donna has included a section on starting you own Mural business. This book shows you can be a do it yourself muralist.

unique method
Very well written and demonstrated. Lots of different projects make the book pretty well rounded and a value