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Faux Finish - painting a wall to look like Stained Glass?
After a bathroom wall repair, it is time for new colors.
I purchased a beautiful wallpaper border that looks like a stained glass panel. The 'glass' sections are shades of very light and medium/dark blue. I have purchased 3 shades of paint -- light, medium and dark from the same color card, so they match well.
The bottom section of the wall will be the darkest shade. Above the wallpaper strip (at chair-rail height) I want to mimic the streaky, stained glass look.
Once I have painted it dark, how do I apply the two lighter shades? What tools should I use?
A sponge or dabbed-on look won't work -- the glass look is streaky.
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I don't know about walls, but in oil painting and so forth you use a touch of white, or since you have the lighter color, mix the 2 colors and come up with a color slightly lighter, then paint the streaks. Another trick is to mix to colors by simply putting a little of each in a container. While its still kinda swirly and badly mixed, dip your brush and paint. It comes out really streaky and two-tone.
Good luck with that.
- LauraLv 45 years ago
Buy liquid metal for this purpose in a squeeze bottle in any craft supply store. BTW the metal in between the glass pieces is called "came".
