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Paint Alchemy (2001)

by Annie Sloan

Paint Alchemy demystifies the craft of the artist to reveal how to create and transform paint to make uniquely personalized colours for use on walls floor and furniture.

There is no specialist equipment needed for making paint as almost everything you need can be improvised from your kitchen cupboards or nearby hardware store.

Polished Plaster

Otherwise known as Venetian Stucco or Marmorino.

Ingredients: 1 Kg polished plaster mix or equal amounts of lime, cement, marble dust and water. 2 tsp limeproof pigment. 2 tsp shading pigment, Clear wax.

When the plaster is dry the wall will be softly and unevenly coloured. For a really high sheen apply a coat of clear wax and buff with an electric polisher.

Classic Gesso

This is not a paint but a liquid coating for wood, which dries to a smooth and absorbant but hard finish. An ideal surface to be painted or gilded. Gesso can be built up in relief designs or incised.

Ingredients: 15 g   rabbitskin granules, 250 ml water,   500 g whiting.