Trompe L'Oeil Murals Using Stencils

With the advent of laser-cut plastic stencils, home decorators and hobbyists can now find hundreds of inexpensive and easy-to-use stencils for creating stunning illusions on walls, floors and ceilings. This guide provides the instruction they need to use these stencils with skill and confidence. Step by step, it covers the necessary skills, tools and techniques required to create realistic visual effects in a matter of hours. After learning to combine stencils, shields and tape with simple paint techniques, readers are guided through a series of preliminary tryouts and small scale projects. Readers will learn how to: select projects to match specific rooms; buy the proper equipment; prepare surfaces; manipulate stencils; and apply paint. The final section provides more advanced instruction on layout, planning and perspective for large-scale projects.Royals, Melanie is the author of 'Trompe L'Oeil Murals Using Stencils', published 2001 under ISBN 9781581800289 and ISBN 1581800282.