Imitations of wood and marble, trompe-l’oeil, grotesques, panoramas, chinoiseries… 

This book will reveal the many techniques of architectural decorative painting. It will enable you to grasp the realities of a craft that combines art and manner. The decorative painter must reconcile his artistic and technical knowledge, sensitivity, and creativity. Drawing on thirty years of experience, Jean Sablé conveys the fundamental principles of painted decoration patiently collected in the field. From tool handling to site management, and artistic rules to the actual gesture, this work teaches you all the aspects of a complex profession. Page after page, thanks to the numerous photographs, you will find all the different steps to build a decoration, with precious advice to guide your hand. In this way, the transmission of  know-how will continue, with the magic of the gesture which, in a few skillful brushstrokes, turns plaster into marble, plants a decor  worth of a commedia dell’arte, and opens the ceilings on azure skies.

Publisher: Eyrolles
Collection: Maîtres et talents
Nb. de pages: 224