Marble Painting Feathers

Pour a bit of the marble vein color into a disposable container and 1 3 or 1 4 as much glaze stirring them together.

Marble painting feathers.

Dip the tip of a feather or a fine artist s brush into the glaze and drag. With a soft dry and clean paintbrush lightly dab over the vein lines to lighten and blur them. Each wall will be different but we used a combination of all three. To maintain a faux painted marble surface.

We mostly worked with a brush for this wall and then added some dark colors using the feathers. How to marble paint countertops. Make sure to wipe up any standing water. Drag the painted feather across the diagonal lines of the wall.

Marble wall painting techniques. Marble comes in many different colors including gold black brown and blue. We chose to replicate the traditional white with grey veining but this technique will work with any colors. To successfully vein the surface mix each color of gray paint with water using the ratio of three parts of paint to one part of water.

How to maintain a faux painted carrara marble surface. Once or twice a year clean the surface with hot water and dish detergent o a rung out rag. Let dry then remove painters tape. Rather than undergoing such an extreme project repainting a.

To make the paint look like real marble you want the. Faux painting transforms ordinary walls into theater a marble proscenium in ancient rome a hand stuccoed villa in tuscany. Sponges and feathers are among the tools inventive painters use to create fantasies in nurseries hallways bathrooms and the great room large or small that serves as the living room. A genuine marble wall in a home entails not only major expense but a major remodel.

You will use a feather to create this marble look which can be purchased at any craft store or found in nature. Turn wiggle and shake the feather as desired to mimic the look of natural marble veining. Use one of the following techniques to create your marble effect. We utilized the sponge technique in two areas of our wall.

Remember that marble veins are typically positioned diagonally and appear to be slightly blurry.