Creating textures- Open topic
Posted by Cam on November 02, 2001Besides the normal airbrush blends, toothbrush spattering, and saran wrap splotching techniques, what are your other favorite methods of creating a textured looking letter or background?
We've used a process of rolling paint on some burlap, and then pressing that onto a open area of a glass panel. When it is removed, there is an interesting painted burlap pattern remaining. It takes a little experimenting to know how much paint to apply to the burlap for the best effect. Once dry, the burlap textured area is usually backed up with a lighter or darker color.
Graining tools, lace, rubber cement?
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Posted by Rick Sacks on November 03, 2001What a timely post. Just today I did a marbled background on a sign, cut to resemble a slab of stone. Each side of the sign has a sculpted ram's head, also marbled. The graphic came from Halsted's Modern Ornament and Design, with help from several photos of bighorn sheep, and was carved high relief(about 2' wide and 5" deep). For marbleing I started with a wet basecoat of dark green, then spattered with several tints of the same green in white, followed by a plastic bag blotch treatment and veining with a feather. Finnished off with a bit more spatters, and call it done. Fun job!
Posted by Carol on November 03, 2001On reverse glass panels we've done the first color with tempera color. Dry sponging on over feathers or leaves or doilies. Let it dry and paint enamel over it. This eliminates the lifting or blurring from doing it with all oils, and speeds the time till finished.
Posted by Rick Sacks on November 04, 2001The enamel holds the tempera on the glass?
Posted by Rick Sacks on November 04, 2001Sure does, and it seems to remain color fast. I don't know for how long in the sun though. I do know that after three years its doing fine.
I learned this technique from Jim Ingram
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