How To Paint Old Books
I also inserted a piece of wax paper under the back cover to avoid getting paint on the book pages. Mar 15 2019 Take your spreader and dip it into the ChalkArt and scoop up a small amount of the paste and then push it through the mesh stencil with the spreader where you want that color to be displayed.
After I used the paint blending method on the books I went back and added what I like to call the easy distressing method.
How to paint old books. Remove stubborn dust with a clean dry paint brush or a soft new toothbrush. Feb 05 2018 HOW TO PAINT BOOKS FOR DECOR. May 20 2017 Place your book over a jar or can so it opens and exposes the entire hard cover.
I was embarrassed a little so I didnt take as much as I really wanted. Sep 2 2020 - Explore Kathy Knotts board painted old books. Paint the spines of your books with three nice thick coats of chalk paint letting them dry between coats.
Using the side of a chip brush I lightly dab the edges to create a chippy paint look but be careful to. We did have a lot of fun and I have this book and it was the perfect book to do a little painting on. There was an entire room filled with old books and old records.
See more ideas about painted books book crafts crafts. Oct 06 2013 To give the books a quick modern makeover I painted them with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in white. If you want to paint portraits and figure studies and thats all you will find herein in the style of these 16th and 17th century masters the best way is to buy monographs and practice copying from the illustrations using modern materials.
Paint it in your favorite color. Or even multiple colors. I laid them out on the table with spines propped up on a bowl.
I took some records and some books - this book was among them. Cover your work surface. If on the other hand you truly want to paint with the desperately inconvenient materials of the ancients there are plenty of other books exclusively on that subject to consider - not least a few contemporary with the old.
2 Remove smudges and pencil marks with an art gum eraser. Feb 23 2021 Hold the book shut and blow the dust off each edge of the pages. Chalk Painting Decorative Books.
To clean your spreader and the stencils just use mild soap and water and nothing that is too abrasive.
