ISBN: 9781544860411

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], From the Preface. IN offering to the public a work of which the aim is entirely decorative, the Author believes that it will… More...

Paperback, [PU: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform], From the Preface. IN offering to the public a work of which the aim is entirely decorative, the Author believes that it will supply a want experienced for some time by amateurs anxious to participate in the wide-spread desire for true decoration, and who have not been able to obtain in a collective form an account of the many ways in which they can contribute to such an object, but have had to search for isolated instruction in each minor art in the pages of the magazines that treat of such subjects. The aim of the book is, firstly, to give to the amateur (who already knows the rudiments of Painting) a clear and concise account of many different processes, and the nature of the one especially undertaken; secondly, to point out the materials required; and thirdly, to show how to apply and work up those materials so as to give the desired effect. In most of the methods described, an intelligent pupil will need no other master; in others, a good idea of what is to be learnt will be obtained, and, with the aid to memory the written instructions supply, but few lessons required. Each explanation of a process is the result of a practical knowledge of the same acquired by personal study, there being nothing more misleading to a learner than instruction not founded upon experience; but at the same time it must be remembered that, though knowledge may be supplied, yet brains cannot, and that many people are unable to take in written explanations, and require ideas to be conveyed to them through the eyes and ears. To such, no book can be of use, and their only help must be obtained through the medium of lessons...., Paintings<

ISBN: 1544860412

Taschenbuch, [EAN: 9781544860411], CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Book, [PU: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], Creat… More...

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ISBN: 9781544860411

Decorative Painting: A Practical Handbook of Painting amp; Etching Upon Various Objects amp; Materials for Decoration of Our Homes Decorative-Painting~~B-C-Saward Art>Art Technique>Oil/Pa… More...

Decorative Painting: A Practical Handbook of Painting amp; Etching Upon Various Objects amp; Materials for Decoration of Our Homes Decorative-Painting~~B-C-Saward Art>Art Technique>Oil/Pastel/Acrl Paperback, CreateSpace Publishing<