Faux Stone Painting – Real stone ain't cheap

Recreate The Natural Look
Faux painting can be typically described as ‘false’ painting. It is very popular and used to create illusions and depths on walls. You can achieve various effects like stone and parchment and antiquarian effects through faux stone painting. Faux stones create a new look, and break the monotony. You can paint ceilings, murals and walls etc. There are many ways and methods of doing faux stone painting. Following are some of the famous ones, which have been cultivated through the years –
1. Trompe L'Oeil and Faux
2. Faux Effects
3. Old World Tuscany Faux Finish
4. Paper 'Plique
You can use any of these according to the look that you desire. Faux painting is a technique in itself. This is the method that you could follow while doing it.

Faux painting – Ideal places
Faux stone painting should be avoided through out a space. This might create a gloomy and dark effect and the whole purpose of breaking the monotony of a space will be lost. So it’s ideal to use the technique for small areas like a wine cellar, a wall, an arch, a mural or a pantry door for instance.

Faux stone painting technique
Follow the following methods for faux stone painting –
1. Base the wall with a coat of color wash. Generally a light color for the wall is ideal as this provides a good contrast for the stone, which should ideally be in a dark shade. It is recommended that you use satin or gloss paints to heighten the effect.
2. Once the color is done and the wall is dried, lay the motor joints and detail your stones with sponges, brushes, rag finish etc.
3. Make use of blacks, brown and tan shades, as they give a more realistic effect.
Faux stone painting is thus a very creative process, and its history can be traced back to Egyptian faros that employed artisans and taught them the technique. From then on this technique has truly come of age and there are a lot of ways in which this is being used.

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