Re: I could be sick.
Posted: Mon 11 Oct, 2010 4:15 pm
Gesso&Bole wrote:Rather than buy in moulding that you don't think you will use again, take some unfinished moulding (or a finished one - sand it down a bit first). then take a tube of red acrylic paint and a tube of white, mix a bit up with a little water. Put a couple of coats on, and then some clear wax, or acrylic varnish to protect it, and voilà .
Having a go, bought some acrylic pink from the local paint shop, it's a test pot from one of those mix any colour machines, so far so good.
Next is the mount board, the lady says eau-de-nil, translated roughly, water of the Nile. Ah! greenish yellow polluted Nile water and pink i'm beginning to feel queasy.