"Decorative painting is one of the many branches of artistic expression accomplished with paint. In its initial stages, it is a craft, easily taught by a systematic, step-by-step approach, and readily learned. It requires no previous academic training or drawing skill. Through the conscientious exercise of discipline in practice and craftsmanship in execution, even those who claim a total lack of creativity can learn to paint.
Decorative painting is an expression of joy-the joyful use of colour, of subject matter, and of surface area; the joyful acts of personalizing and of decorating. It is an interaction between the painter and the project, and it is what happens when the painter's creativity flows from the heart through the hairs of the brush. At this level, the craft becomes an art." (Jackie Shaw)