Decorative Murals With Donna Dewberry

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Summary: Beautiful walls in every room!
Review: 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!

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful walls in every room!
Review: 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!

Rating:
Summary: I enjoyed this book
Review: As a professional artist/teacher, I was disappointed in this book. Currently, my high school class is working on a mural, and I needed some technical guidelines. This book is definately for the absolute beginner or hobbyist, who would like to decorate their home. If you are looking for artistic projects that are very easy, this is for you. However, if you're a serious muralist, who needs tips on proper media use, as well as transferring and enlarging, this book is a waste of time and money.

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Summary: Not typically Donna!
Review: Being a huge Donna Dewberry fan, I was not at all surprised when I opened this book. The pictures are fabulous and Donna's murals provide the reader with a plethora of ideas for many aspects of home decorating. Donna's books seem to have a magical quality about them making even the novice painter feel as though he/she could paint anything!

However, after I was mesmorized by the artwork, I felt disappointed with the lack of directions for each project. All of the other Dewberry books give explicit instructions, worksheets and patterns, this one does not. After studying this book intensely, I was left with the feeling one gets while looking at an Art book, like " gosh, what a talented artist, I wish I could create like that." In otherwords, instead of inspiring me and building my confidence as her other books have done so consistently, I felt overwhelmed and unsure of my budding talent. I think I'll stick to her other books and just use this not for reference, but as an addition to my coffee table.

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Summary: Splendid Ideas Photographed Perfectly
Review: Being a huge Donna Dewberry fan, I was not at all surprised when I opened this book. The pictures are fabulous and Donna's murals provide the reader with a plethora of ideas for many aspects of home decorating. Donna's books seem to have a magical quality about them making even the novice painter feel as though he/she could paint anything!

However, after I was mesmorized by the artwork, I felt disappointed with the lack of directions for each project. All of the other Dewberry books give explicit instructions, worksheets and patterns, this one does not. After studying this book intensely, I was left with the feeling one gets while looking at an Art book, like " gosh, what a talented artist, I wish I could create like that." In otherwords, instead of inspiring me and building my confidence as her other books have done so consistently, I felt overwhelmed and unsure of my budding talent. I think I'll stick to her other books and just use this not for reference, but as an addition to my coffee table.

Rating:
Summary: Not typically Donna!
Review: Donna Dewberry consistently produces fine detailed instructional books.........this book on murals is not much more than a "see what Donna did" book, the photographer did a brilliant job......... No patterns, no detail, I could care less what part of a house has these painted walls ,(content is divided by rooms). I bought the book to learn HOW she did it. Lot of pictures, beginners beware, you admire her, you wish to paint her technique, this book will tell you next to ZIP!

Rating:
Summary: Depends on your point of view.
Review: I loved this book for it's pictures and ideas. However, this is not a stand-alone book. In order to accomplish many of the projects in the book, you would need one of Donna's other more detail oriented books that would include the techniques necessary for painting each of the individual mural elements. I own many of Donna's books, but even so, was a little puzzled at how to go about recreating some of the pictured murals.

Nonetheless, I feel it is a wonderful book for ideas alone; and a number of techniques are detailed. It is a great jumping off point to unleash your own imagination!

One thing that I might mention is that it is not necessary to use the exact products that the author recommends in order to accomplish the desired results. She mentions that she uses products by Plaid Company, a very large craft product manufacturer. This company publishes Donna's line of smaller craft shop books, as well as other products in her One-Stroke line. While these are all good products, there are many other similar products on the market, particularly when it comes to paints.

This is just something to keep in mind if you arrive at the craft store and find another line of paints on sale for half price--your project will basically turn out the same!