Welcome to Potterton Books website the one stop source for reference books on Architecture, Antiques, Interior Design and the Decorative Arts. POTTERTON BOOKS : PAINT FINISHES & EFFECTS : TROMPE L' OEIL EFFECTS Trompe l' oeil panels and panoramas by Yannick Guegan 2003. 300 colour illus, with free C.D ROM. From the co-author of the popular "Handbook of painted decoration"comes trompe l' oeil panels and panoramas, a treasury of stunning designs perfect for interior designers, artists seeking inspiration, or for those simply wishing to copy the images themselves. Price:  £60.00 Revisiting the painted house by Graham Rust Hardback. 183pp. This book is a tour de force of sketches, drawings, and completed works, and with more than 100 colour illustrations is destined to become a classic. This is an invaluable sourcebook of trome l oeil images for interior designers, artists and students. It contains 100 new patterns for murals, panels, alcoves and doors, overdoors, folding screens and chimney boards. Price:  £25.00 Grand Illusions: Contemporary Interior Murals by C Cass A book presenting the work of 40 British and American mural and trompe l' oeil painters. A wide variety of contemporary styles and techniques are displayed from those of the grand manner and tradition of trompe l' oeil to the innovations demanded for corporation or designer's murals. Price:  £16.99 Trompe l' oeil : Sky & Sea Softcover 95pp. Sky and sea are the trompe l' oeil painters favorite motifs for contemporary interiors. In this idea-filled, colour guide Ursula E and Martin Benad provide a hands-on and easy-to-follow instruction to the art of painting clouds, waves, and seascapes. With a profusion of examples, patterns, suggestions, and professional tips, they address the essentials of working in large or small formats, on walls and ceilings. Price:  £19.99 The Handbook of Painted Decoration: The tools, materials and step by step techniques of trompe l' oeil painting by Yannick Guegan 1996. 480pp, 775 colour & 55 b&w illus. Trompe l' oeil painting, the decorative imitation of wood, fabric, marble and other materials, has become a popular art. This practical guide gives step by step instructions on the techniques, tools and materials needed to produce patinas and finishes of many kinds. Price:  £48.00 Trompe l' oeil murals and decorative wall painting by Lynette Wrigley 144pp, 130 colour photographs. This text is designed to provide inspirational ideas for decorating both small and large scale surfaces no matter what size or type of house. It presents ideas from dream landscapes and fantasies to simple decorative friezes and trompe l' oeil details. In addition, this book contains a portfolio of contemporary work from around the world - from Richard Hass to Graham Rust - and shows how murals of the past continue to influence artwork today. Price:  £12.99 Richard Shirley Smith. The paintings and Collages Hardback. 148pp. This book brings together the paintings and collages. Over 150 colour plates are accompanied by the artists personal annotations, his memoirs of his early mentors, David Jones and Gerald & Joy Finzi. The book contains elaborate settings, crumbling Italianate Architecture, romantic decay, kasks, metamorphoses and "misrule". (ref: John Murray 07195 63321) Price:  £32.00 Trompe L' Oeil : Creating decorative illusions with paint by Roberta Gordon-Smith 1997. 144pp, 250 colour illus and 20 line illus. Providing an explanation of trompe l' oeil techniques using step by step photography to ensure an understanding of how each technique is achieved, this book offers trompe l' oeil projects ranging from simple colour washing and fading to more advanced compositions with selves, ornaments and windows. Price:  £16.99 The Trompe L' Oeil Home : Over 25 step by step projects for every area of the home by Roberta Gordon-Smith 2000. 144pp, 250 colour halftones. Trompe l' oeil - the art of tricking the eye into seeing what isn't there - is an inexpensive yet striking way to add an illusion of space, grandeur or fantasy to an interior. This book provides projects that require only moderate artistic ability, along with step by step instructions. Price:  £17.99 How to Paint Murals & Trompe l' oeil by Victoria Ellerton & Simon Brady 2000. 128pp, 250 colour photographs. You can transform the smallest room and dingiest passage with paint, a little bit of technique and a lot of imagination. Covering theory and practice, it explains everything you need to know, from the principles of murals and trompe l' oeil and some simple rules of composition and perspective, to how to prepare your surfaces. Paper templates and a paint directory are provided and the step by step projects range from a trompe l' oeil trick light switch to a silhouette of the Roman skyline at night. Price:  £17.99 POTTERTON BOOKS : PAINT FINISHES & EFFECTS : TROMPE L' OEIL EFFECTS Buy Online - the best way to buy.