Professional Painted Finishes: Marbling II

Looking at a poor example of a painted marble finish, Ina Brousseau Marx points out that there are "lots and lots of worms...I don't want you to do that." She means it. Ina Brousseau Marx, along with her son Robert, offer step-by-step instruction on how to create lovely marble painted finishes that look authentic and are pleasantly aesthetic to boot. After a fun introduction in which Ina explains that nature has its flaws, and therefore straight copying is a no-no, she points out the paints and materials necessary for the first project: drift marbling. In addition to Drift Marble, viewers learn how to create painted Calacatta, Yellow Sienna (both contemporary, and an earlier style no longer quarried), Veined Marble, Portoro, and Norwegian Rose. Each technique is demonstrated close-up, with excellent voiceover instruction. Although I'm sure that the process is much harder than it looks, the Marx's have managed to make painting marble finishes look as if it's within the reach of non-Picassos--and they've also made it look like a lot of fun. Based on the Marx's best-selling Watson-Guptill book (Professional Painted Finishes), Marbling II is an outstanding production, in all respects, and is sure to be quite popular with both arts and crafts lovers. Highly recommended. Editor's Choice. [Note: there are six other videos in the series either already finished or currently being completed: Marbling I, Marbling and Stones, Graining I, Graining II, Glazing, and Color. The Finishing School is offering an excellent discount package price of $295 for all seven videos in the series and the companion book (ordinarily $395 total for the videos and the books).] (Available from: The Finishing School, Inc., 17 Maple Drive, Great Neck, NY 11021.)