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Tuesday 12 January 2010

Texture for stone.

Today i went to Hobbycraft and found a texture medium by DecoArt. It's meant to be mixed with acrylic paint to help with adding texture to paint work on canvas or other surfaces. I think it was a few £'s and looks like it will stretch to a few projects, so quite good value.
In the art department you can also find texture mediums in larger pots such as Windsor and Newton, Daler Rowney etc. The larger pots would be better if you had a large project to work on.


It's quite thick and slighly grainy, but much finer than sand.
I mixed some with Pva glue (white glue), because i found it improved the texture.
I just stippled it on with an old medium to firm paint brush and let dry.
Its dried well, but i have decided to give it a second coat to try and build up a more realistic stone texture. Tomorrow when fully dry i will start the paint work.
Because i have applied this to a polymer clay i thought it would scratch of easily but its sticking firm after several attempts to scratch it off. So looking good so far.
I also added a table top to the base from yesterday again with a star design. Hope it looks like i imagine when complete.

6 comments:

  1. Loving the little table Nikki. I can't wait to see how it turns out. xx

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  2. Glad you like the table Debbie. Hoping my plans work.

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  3. You must have star dust on your fingers Nikki everything you make is just fantastic!
    Doesnt that look really great!!!

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  4. Looking good so far Nikki,this is the product I was on about :0)I'm making up a chapel roombox for display purposes and plan to use this on my stone , just havent got started yet.
    Its great to see its working well !
    julie xxx

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  5. that looks interesting- I wonder if I can find it here where I live. Your table looks fab- I can't wait to see the finished results too!

    PS- LOVE your pic as the mad hatter!!

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  6. Thanks for posting your technique! Hopefully I can find some around here to help with a few projects! ara

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