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Step by step

Tone on tone interlacements


Quantities of paint necessary:


Paint Café-approved latex paints,
Velvet finish:

 

Guacamole, B215-12:

 


4 litres

 

Lumiere, A-116-31:

 


1 litre*


ILLUSIO products:

   
 

Mascarade Glaze 8563-22:

 

1 litre

 

*

use the rest of the yellow patina

 

 

 




Required materials:

  • Cutting paintbrush

  • Paint tray

  • Paint roller - 24 cm

  • Round artist's paintbrush - 5 mm in diameter

  • Lead pencil or chalk


Painting the wall

  1. First, apply Guacamole, B215-12 in 2 uniform coats. Let dry 4 hours between coats.


Motifs

  1. Use a lead pencil or chalk to trace floral motifs freehand.. You can use models from a magazine that you can enlarge on a photocopier and trace. Or use a stencil.

  2. Before preparing the glaze, mix the two colours used on the walls, four parts Guacamole B215-12 to one part Lumiere A-116-21.

  3. Prepare the Mascarade Glaze with the colour you have just mixed, one part glaze to one part paint. 

  4. Use a 5 mm artist's or fine paintbrush to apply the glaze following the lines you have traced with a pencil.

 

 

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