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Faux
Cloud Painting - extending the ceiling with painting
Creating
faux cloud effect in the ceiling of the house is not at all a
big task today. Children in the house often are observed having
the habit of lying on their back in the floor of the house in
a hot summer afternoon and staring above. Faux cloud paint in
the ceiling can give them an immense pleasure as it closely resembles
the real sky. The amount of efforts required for a faux cloud
painting will totally depend on the size of the ceiling. The bigger
is the ceiling the more are the efforts to paint it.
Procedure
involved in faux cloud painting
To start with one should make sure that the ceiling surface is
smooth and comprises of a fresh coat or two of paint in a very
light sky blue shade. The next step will be to mix two glazes
one in white and the other one in light silver gray. The white
glaze with a cotton rag should be then applied which will resemble
the center of the clouds. It gets thinner and bended as we get
to the outside edges. It should be noted that glaze should be
applied in a strict circular rubbing and dabbling motion. After
having done this, while the white glaze is still wet a small amount
of silver glaze with another rag should be applied at the edges
of the white cloud and later should be bended. According to their
own preference one can create white billowy clouds or even clouds
that have more of silver gray cast to them which ever looks better
in appearance. At the end if it’s found that one got too
much of the silver gray on the clouds, the solution will be simply
to go over with more of the white glaze.
Materials
and tools needed for painting faux clouds in the ceiling
Painting clouds in the ceiling would sometimes proved to be a
very creative idea as the photographs would inspire the painter
as he or she starts to paint the ceiling. But creativity should
be supported by the exact tools and equipments in the absence
of which the beauty of art may get diminished. Blue color wash
for the sky, white paint for the clouds, a supportive video along
with all the small and big tools such as brush, rag, cloths etc
are very much essential for effective and good results.
There
are many more appliance articles in our paint
section. There is more specific information in the links at
the beginning of this article. They can guide you where you need
to go.
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