What is the technique for painting furniture Mexican rustic?
Question:Like this cabinet.
http://www.elpasoimportco.com/index.php?...
Answers:
Yeah, I agree with the previous poster. There were probably 2 shades of colors - one over the other, and the painter then used a dragging technique to get the previous color out. To get a good effect on it, however, you might want to use glaze. Then drag a towel over the color to get a "drag".
If the colors were more washed out, it would be called "distressing". But the picture you show here is very vibrant and bright.
Dragging: http://www.artsparx.com/decfinhome.asp...
http://www.paintquality.com/diy/content/...
Antiquing: http://www.artsparx.com/antiquecorner.as...
I hope someone answers-I would like to know this technique too.
I'll take a shot at it. Looks to me like they painted it that dark green then used a dark reddish stain befor ethe green was dry. Just a guess.
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