Product Description

With this innovative guide, aspiring and professional muralists will learn to paint gorgeous wall creations--using only a household sponge! Painting Murals Fast & Easy includes:

-A new mural technique--one that's surprisingly quick to do and uses common, everyday supplies -Six step-by-step demonstrations that incorporate popular mural elements: skies, clouds, flowers, rivers, beaches, palm trees, and more -Fifteen additional mural projects readers can adapt to match their own tastes and home decor

This quick technique produces stunning results--perfect for beginners shy of spending too much time as well as professional muralists who know that time is money.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #613133 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
Twin brothers Terrence and Theodore Tse's murals have been made into prints and sold to the mass markets through stores.

Customer Reviews

A useful book
This book can be useful for both beginning muralists and those with more experience.

1 - Beginners: For someone wanting to paint a mural in their child's bedroom, for example, the techniques in this book are ideal - and will easily achieve excellent results. It is even possible to involve the child in some of the simpler methods - if say, between age 6 and 13.

2 - Experienced painters: Before seeing this book, I had already used some of the sponging techniques in my own murals, i.e. to create a soft cirrus cloud haze, or the spray from breaking waves. (It is important to note that there are many different sponges, and natural sponges give very different effects depending on which side you use.) Where details are required, these can be added using brushes of various shapes and sizes as well as various media to achieve the desired effect. It was helpful to match the method of application to the effect wanted, and not be limited by traditional tools.

It is not a modern innovation to experiment with materials on hand, including household utensils and ingredients. After all, the old masters tried many different tools and techniques, no doubt raiding the cook's kitchen for their purposes! (From where else did we get egg tempera?)

I can definitely recommend this book, alongside the likes of Jean Dyrsdale Green's "Arteffects" - which includes sponging techniques using other materials (such as crumpled newspaper or a scrunched up length of masking tape.) Painting Murals Fast and Easy can be a great stimulus for the innovative artist.

Don't bother
I got this book because it seemed interesting, but I really don't care for it. For me, the paintings aren't detailed enough. You can't get a lot of little detail with a sponge. Sure, sponges can be used for some parts of a painting, but not for the whole thing if you want a lot of detail. It's the little details that make a painting more interesting to look at.

Amazing Murals
I loved the murals and the book. This book opened my eyes to so many possibilities.