Monday, June 25, 2012

How's the weather? Making paper look more like stone!

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Today was yet another test in the Great Experiment.  There have been numerous "firsts" for me in this endeavor, and here's another one.

The last post showed how I had built the obelisk and the back wall, using Plan C.  That is gluing the heavy pastel paper directly to the foam.  Today I had to make that paper match the rest of the board!

First, I began by getting paint to cover the oxide paste I had used on the edges:
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I did the same on the obelisk:
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Since paint tends to dry darker on the paper, I had to take that into account as I tried to "feather" the colors onto the paper.
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As I worked around the edges, I started to carry some paint out onto the paper designs...
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Here's how it started to look overall:
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This is about as dark as I got with the weathering:
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Here is a sequence on the other side of the back wall...
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At this point, I began to think about putting some hints of faded color on the wall, and preparing to do the cracks and such.

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Tomorrow I will be posting the rest of the images on the second part of the weathering process!

2 comments:

  1. The designs on these walls are magnificent.
    The building work is pretty great too.

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