Le tecniche del trompe l'oeil

The Trompe l'oeil a way to get in beautiful ... "we do not c '"! One is always amazed to see something, such as a glimpse of the landscape, a window with a cat, a statue, a sky on the ceiling, a tent or a ladder to the bottom of a corridor, but also an arch that opens onto a garden ... capable of surprising because they do not exist: they are fake, they are painted! It is important to properly use the prospect, and paint this "deception of the eye" in natural size, otherwise the effect is not perceived. This booklet describes very clearly the materials, techniques, explanations regarding the shadows and perspective (indispensable to create this "magic"!), The painting techniques to mimic materials such as stone, wood, marble, useful to make all the most likely scene, plus some examples made very good and visible in the photos. The houses decorated with trompe-l'oeil have "something more" (had understood since ancient times in the past centuries it was customary to paint the walls "building" fake architecture, to enlarge and enrich the environments, with scenes some incredible beauty, depth and perfection!). I, in my small way, I have made two, and the first I painted it in a jewelry store with a friend who had the need to "stretch" the wall behind the desk, in a room very tight. Recommend it to anyone who knows anything about design, to try to achieve a trompe-l'oeil, however small, because it allows you to enlarge the space around us, and when we have been tired ... a white brushstroke l ... 'spell of these "openings" wears off ... in an instant everything "shrinks" ... and as before. Cinzia.