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      Definition:

     Webster's Dictionary states: "Sculpturesque" - Possessing the quality of sculpture,in the manner of sculpture, statuesque, majestic,defined. !

"Sculpturesque Painting" :a name I gave to the technique of sculpting plaster while it is still wet. Using artist paint brushes, palette knives, paint rollers, etc , to sculpt desired forms of art in Bass-Relief (Baas-low, Relief-raised work) while plaster is drying !

    Merriam-Webster On-Line Dictionary:

"Sculpturesque-Painting" (Interjection): Sculpturesque-Painting is a technique of sculpting plaster, while the plaster is still wet, using paint brushes, paint rollers, palette knives,stippling brushes in plastering of interior and exterior walls in "Baas-Relief forms of art.

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Benefits:

(1) Sculpturesque Painting is a way to create "Baas-Relief" Plaques.Created using painters tools much faster and easier than by the, conventional way of using carving tools or casting molds.

(2) "Frescoing" Sculpturesque Paintings by adding paint to the wet plaster, allows sculptor not only to give the sculpture color, but also he or she can define said sculpture.

A new dimension to the art that's called "FRESCO" !

(3) The unique and startling effect the shadows of the afternoon sun have on Sculpturesque Painting are "truly an awesome sight to behold an savor" !

Our eyes see objects in three dimensions !

     Shadows change the appearance of Sculpturesque Paintings all day long as the sun crosses the sky !

(4) How mesmerized blind people are, when they see ( to the final brush stroke) my Sculpturesque Paintings through their sense of touch.

     Madeline Park says of the Sculpturesque Painting , (blind from birth) she commissioned me to do for her: " I can see with my fingers and I can use my imagination to bring sea, bird, sun and mountains into focus in my version of color."

* Tactual objects can help the blind see things which some of them have never seen before"

(5) In the building trade. the benefits of using Sculpturesque Painting are endless.

(a) Makes the surface of walls, come alive with beautiful feelings of being in the painted scene.

(b) Hides irregularities in constructed walls.

(c) Repairs cracks and patches in existing walls.

(d) The cost is greatly reduced for builder.

Their is no end to the benefits Sculpturesque Painting brings to mankind.

(6) Stuccoing walls is done for the most part, because of the speed of application. Sculpturesque Painting adds a totally new dimension to plastering walls, interior and exterior in Bas-Relief forms.

(7) Sculpturesque Painting, allows people without the financial means to have sculptured forms of art, which were previously available to the very affluent !

 "A New Art Touchstone For A New Millennium"

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