PAINT AND DECORATE
A site devoted to Painting and Decorating Techniques
click to email»» by Fred Biddulph ««click to email
SPECIALIST DECORATOR
Hand painted signs, furniture and murals.
INDEX OF PAGES
ANSWERS TO YOUR EMAIL QUESTIONS
How to create decorative techniques:-
Answers to Your Questions:-
Students Work:-
ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS
from
Keith-Marbling Plector-Just Funny Robert-Colour Washing Russ-Puttying, Paperhanging & Others Nobby-Acrylic Marbling Gill-Terebine, Whiting Natasha-Lime Wash Sharon-NVQ Questions N.Watts-Mural Painting Ian-Painting Gyproc Coving Noel-Turpentine Tara-Scumble
Keith's Question No 1
When Marbling, what is the best paint to use to create the effect, and where can i buy it?
ANSWER
Artist's oil paint in tubes, obtained from any art shop. The artist's oil colour is then mixed with a gilp (one part raw linseed oil to two parts white spirit and a small amount of driers) before being used to create a marble effect.
Keith's Question No 2
What is a veining horn?
ANSWER
A small piece of wood, leather or plastic rounded at one end and used to create veins in marble. It can also be called a graining horn when used to create dapples in graining.