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Folk art painting how-to: Simple & fun brushstroke secrets from the 1940s
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2025
About this lesson
Reprints Peter Hunt-era 1940s instructions for peasant-style furniture decoration: the press-and-lift basic stroke and its variations, then numbered diagrams building roses, bluebells, grapes, trees, figures and houses into complete designs.
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