How To Colorwash A Room
For best results, select two colors that are similar, like a blue and a lilac. The blue as the basecoat with the lilac swirled over it is a stunning but subtle effect. Both colors need to be about the same lightness ... [... more]
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Paint Technique: Colorwashing
3. Dip the tip of the sock into the paint and dab the excess off. Use circular motions to fill in the taped-off area, creating soft swirls of lighter and darker color. This variance is what gives the washing ... [... more]
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Paint Technique: Washing
2. Once the base coat has dried for the recommended time as listed on the paint can label, begin the washing technique. Tape-off baseboards, doors and window trim to keep from painting everything in sight. You may ... [... more]
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Colorwashed Walls
Patricia Orlando and Sheila Riach continue their demonstration by covering a wall with a light wash of paint over a flat latex base coat. This popular method, known as colorwash, creates an effect of varying color ... [... more]
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Textured Wall With Crumbling Stones
2. Mix one part of each of the three paint colors with three parts glazing liquid to make three different glaze mixtures. Use a rag to wash the color most similar to the background into the crumbling stone area. Then ... [... more]
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Mottled Wall Technique
2. To recreate the mottled appearance on the featured fabric, mix one part Golden Fleece paint with three parts clear glaze. Dip a rag into the mixture and apply it to the walls with a very loose rolling and blotting ... [... more]
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Paint Technique: Washing
Once the base coat has dried for the recommended time as listed on the paint can label, begin the washing technique. Tape-off baseboards, doors and window trim to keep from painting everything in sight. You may even ... [... more]
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Aged Wall Technique
4. To add veining, thin Savannah Green down with water quite a bit--it should be very runny, allowing the color to be translucent rather than solid. Once the paint is mixed well, fashion diagonal, weaving veins and ... [... more]
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Sam Robin
Color is the first thing that hits you when you walk into the living room. The amazing blue was dry brushed on to give the walls a textured look and enhance the cool feel. Since blue is refreshing and reminds us of ... [... more]
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Patio Redo
The patio walls started out as pink stucco. Using a water-based (but weather-resistant ) wash, decorative artist Roger Beale changes the color of the walls and does some detail work around the window openings to pick ... [... more]
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Sunny Colorwashed Walls
Dampen the wool sponge. Dip it into the mixture and apply an even thin wash to the whole surface with a combination of padding and rubbing. Always start light and add another layer of color to darken the wall if ... [... more]
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Diamond Quilts & Beyond: From the Basics to Dazzling Designs
 Jan Krentz's friendly style and helpful tone make it easy for both novice and advanced quilters to create beautiful art. She draws on the soft colors of impressionist paintings to create a colorwash effect-- complete with decorative diamonds! Four step- ... [... more]
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