style of painting - Murals - Illusions- & Dekorationsmalerei

Wall effects

Wall effects are used in rooms in which a particular atmosphere is to be achieved....

secco

Secco painting comes from the Italian ?secco? and means painting onto dry rendering...

fresco

Fresco painting is done by applying the paint straight onto the fresh, still wet plaster on a wall or ceiling....

Trompe l´oeil

Trompe l?oeil has played an outstanding roll in the history of interior decoration for many centuries......

decorative painting

Decorative painting is very versatile and embraces a wide variety of painting styles.

imitation of materials

Marble, wood, tortoiseshell, agate, lapis, bur, marquetry ? all are used as patterns for painted imitated surfaces.

architectural painting

Mock architecture, deceptively realistic painted architectural elements, such as windows, pillars or arches make rooms look much larger.....

grisaille

Motifs painted in this form of decoration are in monochrome ? i.e. in one colour only ? usually grey.....

airbrush

Airbrush is used by several artists as a back up to painting with acryl paints ........

gilding

In this technique, a surface is coated with gold leaf or gold powder......

scagliola

Scagliola, scaglio, term used for stucco marble, imitation marble