Outdoor Paint Effects

Now you can transform garden furniture, ornaments, and accessories using a wide range of painting techniques adapted for outdoor durability! OUTDOOR PAINT EFFECTS takes well-known and contemporary techniques and adapts them using durable exterior paints and varnishes to create a new genre of decoration for the garden. From the smallest terra-cotta pot to a full-size garden shed, this book demonstrates techniques suitable for wood, metal, plastic, and stone surfaces. A "Getting Started" section discusses everything you need to know about preparing old and new surfaces, as well as the products used in the projects, including exterior paints and varnishes, glazes, and gilding materials. Seventeen projects demonstrate a wide range of fabulous effects that can be used to transform your outdoors, including imitating stones (such as sandstone and marble), aging techniques, patinas, freehand painting, and stamping. Both the beginning and the experienced decorative painter will find this book visually appealing and full of ideas.

Here are a few reasons you'll love owning this book:

**It demonstrates a wide range of techniques for creating fabulous effects for your outdoors, such as imitating stones and stamping.
**Offers many unique techniques not taught in other books, such as wax resist and weathered-lead effects.
**Leverages the current trend in garden and patio decorating. Garden centers and craft stores carry hundreds of items suitable for painting with any of these techniques.
**Includes a source list to help readers purchase any specialty products used in the techniques; however, most supplies are readily available in craft stores, paint stores, or Do-It-Yourself home centers.