Decorative Murals with Donna Dewberry

by Donna S. Dewberry

Book Overview

Clear and encouraging instruction for painting trompe l'oeil murals, floral designs and faux finishes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891349103
• ISBN13: 9780891349105
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Northlight
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Beautiful walls in every room!

Another excellent book by Donna Dewberry. This woman is an amazing artist who shows you step by step how to create beautiful murals for your home. If you don't think you are an artist, you must get Decorative Murals with Donna Dewberry. She makes it so simple that even the beginner can make a gorgeous masterpiece on their wall!Decorative Murals starts out by showing you what materials you will need to complete every project in the book. Amazingly, it isn't a grand list of materials. Donna Dewberry strives for simple, yet extraordinary projects. She shows you what brushes are needed, what paints work best, and some other tools to make your job easier.As the book continues, it is organized by rooms. For example, there are whole chapters dedicated to the foyer, stairs, walls, windows and doors, Kitchens, living rooms, etc. It is arranged so you can find the perfect project for any room you choose.There is so much more offered in Decorative Murals, you'll just have to read it yourself! Be sure to check out the antiqueing tips, and don't forget you don't HAVE to only use these on your walls. They would make terrific gifts on slate, canvas, or wood!

Depends on your point of view.

If you a devoted One Stroker (those who watch her demonstrations on TV) and belong to her-on line-web site and have most of her beginner books and tips and go to her certification classes and use the paints and brushes she recommends you will not fully comprehend the value of this book and its contents. It is a wonderful guide to things that are possible.

I enjoyed this book

I am a new and inexerienced painter. I have many of Donna Dewberry's books and I enjoy them very much. This one gave me ideas of how I could paint flowers on the wall. I like that any one can paint flowers on the wall without stencils. Donna is very talented. The book has so many color photographs. This book should be purchased with one of her many other books explaining how to paint the flowers or whatever. This book does not go into how to paint flowers, but rather ideas and inspiration for one to paint their own mural. This book makes you want to get a bunch of paint and paint every room in the house!

This book is full of great ideas!

This book has some amazing ideas that could dress up any home. She has ideas for everything from a little girl's room to the laundry room. I used her design for the greek columns/grapes in my own kitchen. The results were wonderful! One note of caution: this book is for people who have some of Donna's other books as it lacks a lot of the step-by-step instructions and patterns that they have. I would suggest getting a feel for free-hand painting before attempting anything that this book has to offer.