- Sprawdź czy drewno, które malujesz nie ma na sobie lakieru lub wosku. Jeżeli tak, możesz usunąć tę warstwę grubym papierem ściernym. Chcesz dostać się do surowego drewna pod spodem, tak aby bejca zrobiona z farby mogła wnikać w miękkie słoje.
- Wymieszaj Napoleonic Blue z Burgundy w misce lub kuwecie malarskiej do momentu aż uzyskasz kolor oberżyny. Rada: im bardziej żółty odcień drewna, tym bardziej czerwonty powinien być odcień twojej bejcy!
- Nabierz dużą ilość wymieszanej farby na pędzel Annie Sloan Pure Bristle Brush i zacznij malować. Jeżeli czujesz, że farba jest za gęsta i trudno rozprowadza ją się na drewnie, rozrób ją odrobiną wody.
- Usuń nadmiar farby suchą bawełnianą ściereczką, póki farba jest jeszcze mokra. Następnie, kontynuuj usuwanie farby ściereczką na bieżąco moczoną i płukaną w wodzie, do momentu aż uzyskasz pożądany efekt. Chodzi o to aby wetrzeć farbę w słoje drewna.
- Przejedź czystą suchą szmatką jeszcze raz po powierzchni, tak aby usunąć pozostałe resztki farby oraz wysuszyć farbę na powierzchni.
I found this table online and I really like it. I think it’s a beautiful little table. It’s got lovely legs – they’re quite rustic. The whole thing is quite rustic, but what I’d like to do is upcycle it and make it just a little bit… perhaps more elegant.
I did a drawing in my work book. Some colours and some ideas. It’s a mahogany look using a stain. I’m going to paint the bottom part of it Louis Blue, I love that sort of warm mahogany colour with a cool colour, I think it’s going to be terrific.
To start off with the first thing I’m going to do is to look at the tabletop. This is a stain, it’s not painting, so I want to make certain that there isn’t anything on here… and in fact, when I do this, you can see I’m getting quite a lot of wax off there… you can feel. So this means I’m just going to remove the wax by sanding it with coarse sandpaper and I’m just going to… You can see I’m getting some wax on there!
[After sanding] It’s gone a lot lighter, I think that’s quite good it’s got less colour, it’s not so yellow. The more yellow it is the more mauvey, more purple I want to make it. I’ve got Napoleonic Blue, a warm blue, and I’ve got Burgundy, which is a warm red. I won’t need that much because the tabletop isn’t that big. The paint goes a long way. Sort of equal amount… I love doing this bit – you get lots of gorgeous colour in it!
Then I’m going to test it on my drawing. [Dabs colour on sketchbook] Well, it’s a beautiful colour actually. Quite sort of auberginey – that’s lovely – or eggplants are some people might call it.
I’m going to use this brush, my big bristle brush, and now I’m going to load the brush and start painting. If the paint is hard to put on, I need to add a bit more water. It should
never be difficult. I want to cover it, but I don’t need to make it thick.
[After painting] So I’ve finished now and you can see some parts are beginning to dry and some places are still wet so I’m going to work on it now. I’m just going to wipe over it get the excess off, spread it out evenly with this.
So quite a lot has come off and now I’ve got some water in here so I’m going to add… I’m going to wet this. I’m taking off the paint, rubbing it in making certain that it’s going into all the grain, and I’m finding how dark I want it to be. You might find actually you want it to be much lighter. I want it to be really rich. I’m using a lot of rags, I’ve got a load together. And now I’m not wetting these, I’m drying it. There is still a little bit of wax from before but I think it’s all going to add to the whole texture of it all.
So in the next video, I’m going to show you how to wax it. Before I do that, I just want you to take note that this is quite purple, but don’t be alarmed!