The Brushstroke Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Decorative Painting Brushstrokes

The Brushstroke Handbook is a complete PDF guide to decorative painting brushstrokes. This digital edition gives you instant access to Maureen McNaughton’s detailed instruction. Download the PDF and start practicing right away.

Maureen McNaughton, CDA, TDA, shares techniques she has taught for more than 30 years. The book focuses on brush loading, pressure strokes, comma strokes, and many other essential strokes.

Book Overview

The Brushstroke Handbook is an instructional reference for decorative painters. It organizes strokework into two main sections: round brush and flat brush. Each section builds from basic pressure strokes to combined stroke patterns and decorative borders.

McNaughton explains how to load a brush with paint and tip it in a second color. She also covers the supplies needed for strokework, including brushes, paints, extenders, and palettes. The book ends with floral composition demonstrations and a pattern section.

What You’ll Discover Inside

• How to load a round brush using the tipping technique
• Round brush strokes: pressure, comma, pointed, fan, and teardrop
• Flat brush strokes: C strokes, scrolls, S strokes, and pivots
• Common round and flat brush mistakes and how to avoid them
• Ten round brush borders and ten flat brush borders
• Floral composition demonstrations including Roses and Calla Lilies, Trillium and Peach Blossoms, Jacobean Fantasy, Violet Posies, Red Poppies, and Forget-Me-Nots, Bumblebees & Butterfly

Why This Book Matters

Maureen McNaughton holds CDA, TDA, and Master Stroke certification. She has taught strokework for more than 30 years and helped develop the Society of Decorative Painters Teacher Development Program.

Her work has appeared in Decorative Artists Workbook and The Decorative Painter, and is part of the Decorative Arts Collection Museum in Wichita, Kansas. This book offers a structured approach for painters who want to master brush control.

Book Details

Device Compatibility

This is a digital download. There is no physical shipping. After purchase, you can access the PDF on your device. It works with Kindle apps, tablets, desktop computers, mobile devices, and compatible reading apps.

FAQ

When will I receive my download?
You will receive instant access after purchase.

Will a physical book be shipped?
No. This is a digital PDF download only.

What devices can I use?
The PDF works with Kindle apps, tablets, desktop, mobile, and common reading apps.

Download The Brushstroke Handbook today and keep a reliable strokework reference in your painting library.