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Technique instructions COPYRIGHT BY MICHELLE LAYCOCK - not to be copied or published elsewhere without consent
Faux Oil Painting is a technique that involves patience, but can easily be learned. It can give spectacular results.
SUPPLIES
-Confetti White or Shimmery White cardstock works best (less warping)
-Spackling Paste or Dreamweaver Embossing Paste
-Small Spackling Paste Spatula (like the type used in the paste embossing technique) or old metal dinner knife would work okay too.
-Radiant Pearls (many different colors of your choice) http://www.luminarteinc.com/
-Artist's grade paint brush (not cheapie... one with a nice flexible brush that comes to a point at the tip)
-Basic Black or other dark colored dye ink
-CD-Rom & CD-Rom case (use as Palette for mixing custom colors)
-Crystal Clear Embossing Powder
-Heat Gun
-Stamp set of your choice (one with line drawing works great)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Cut a piece of cardstock to the size of the image you will be stamping.
2. With Spatula, spread Spackling paste over the cardstock covering entire front surface as if you were frosting a cake. Make sure you leave some nice looking ridges here and there.
3. Let dry completely (overnight is best) This is the "canvas" for your oil painting.
4. Stamp your image in Basic Black ink pressing lightly into the surface of the dry spackling paste. You should only press hard enough to make sure the stamp imprints nicely over the ridges.
5. Open your Radiant Pearls and start with darker colors first. Color in your image using the fine artist brush paying attention to details. You will not want to be in a hurry at this point. If necessary, use your CD-Rom to custom mix colors that you would like to use on your piece. Blend lighter colors over darker colors until you are satisfied with the look.
6. When you are completely finished and you are happy with your creation, dump Crystal Clear embossing powder over the entire thing.
7. Heat emboss only until your creation takes on a glossy "oil painting" sheen.
8. Matte and Mount on card.
Could you use Pearl-Ex mixed with floor wax or Lumeire instead of the RP? Just trying to use something I already have.....Thanks for sharing.
I don't think so. I haven't tried it, but I don't think so. The reason I don't think it would work is that its not really the right "consistency"...
I don't think you could mix and blend colors very well with the Lumiere... not sure about the PE and Floor Wax.
Tomorrow I'll try the PE and Floor Wax as well as the Lumiere and report on the results.
One reason why I don't think the Floor Wax will work ... is that it is very thin... much thinner than the Radiant Pearls (I wouldn't put Radiant Pearls in my water pen, for example)
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Michelle,
Your cards are beautiful! I looked at the LuminArte website and they have an amazing line of products and colors. Could you add the colors of RP that you used in your cards just to give an idea of how you got the effect? Thanks so much for sharing this technique!
Michelle, thank you for the directions they are awesome, but I need my hand held for just a little longer...what colors did you use for your card? Once I try I might be able to brave it alone!!
Michelle,
Your cards are beautiful! I looked at the LuminArte website and they have an amazing line of products and colors. Could you add the colors of RP that you used in your cards just to give an idea of how you got the effect? Thanks so much for sharing this technique!
Yes,
That's a good idea Sandra. However, I used various combinations of different colors on each one and I don't know offhand what colors mixed because they blend together when working with them so there are colors on the sample cards that were created right there on the piece by custom blending. (Does this make sense?!?!!)
What I can tell you is the colors that I OWN and used to mix and blend:
Most of these were in the Stampin' Up! catalog a few years ago (that's where I got them) A few I may have picked up at Stamp Expos over the years.
Abalone Gray
Fantasy Fucshia
Eggplant
Caspian Sea
Sienna
Peacock
Mint Julep
Frosty Iris
Summer Sun
Crimson Nights
Tropicana
Royal Satin
Oyster Shell
Rain Forest
Blueberry Bliss
Lemon Chiffon
Petal Pink
Sour Lemon
Dandelion Green
Morning Glory
Sweet Apricot
(I told you you'd blow your stamp budget with this technique! hee hee Don't say I didn't warn you!)
Your faux oil painted cards are superb. I just recently bought Dreamweavers Stencil Paste and will be anxious to tryout this technique. Thank you sooooooooooooo much for sharing this with us. :lol:
PE/FFW and PE/Lumiere in place of Radiant Pearls TEST
see attached photo for results
I gave it a PE/FFW and PE/Lumiere a test today in place of Radiant Pearls.
The results were definitely NOT the same using the alternatives. I think the essential ingredient in the Radiant Pearls that makes it work is the oil.
The Lumiere is too thick. Its just sits there on the surface of the spackling paste "canvas"
The FFW is too thin - definitely doesn't work. The FFW soaks into the spackling paste leaving the Pearl-Ex sitting on the surface.
Also, if using Lumiere, one would have to mix up batches of all the different colors before painting. What a pain that would be IMO. In addition, Lumiere drys on your palatte and any unused Lumiere gets wasted.
So, in conclusion. FFW/Pearl-Ex combo and PE/Lumiere combo DO NOT WORK for this technique. The oil present in the Radiant Pearls is the essential ingredient.
Thank you Michelle for the detailed directions. I am going to try this technique this weekend. I bought a bunch of RP a couple months ago at a store going out of business. Now I have something to use them for.
Thank you so much for all the info on PE/lumiere so I guess it's RP or nothing...that saves a lot of time and effort!! You are wonderful!! No matter if I try or not your cards are terrific!! TFS in a big way!!
Eileen
Michelle . . . My first post on SCS!!! I was looking for shimmery white ideas and ran across this post. BEAUTIFUL - even my husband was impressed. The best part is - I have the embossing paste and RP waiting to be used. I bought the paste on a whim and haven't touched it. The RPs - I couldn't resist the amazing colors, but again - they are untouched! No more! I'm off to "work" can't wait!!!! Kelley
Michelle,
This is awesome!!! YOU ARE MY HERO!!! Thanks so much for your gernerosity in share these wonderfully detailed instructions with us.It makes it possible for us mere mortals to ATTEMPT to replicate your gorgeous art. :lol: Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Janet
Michelle,
Thanks for posting how to do this wonderful technique of yours. I am blown away by your talents and contributions to SCS. You are a true artist in every sense of the word. You rock!!
Bev
Reading this and seeing the beautiful results, I ran to Walmart, picked up the paste. My delima was not the proper stuff to "paint" on the paste. Kicking into my blond brain I looked at what I had and decided to use my gum arabic with pearl ex and drops of the re-inkers for color and I really liked the results. Everyone did the WOW! when they saw it.
What a treasure, Michelle! Thank you for your generosity! I love that this technique lets me raid the garage where I have several spackling pastes due to my enduring love for hardware stores, including the extra light, the extra strong, and the extra fast drying!
My only thought is, doesn't the spackle crack and flake off pretty easily (it does on the wall if application specs aren't met)?
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Michelle Laycock's Faux Oil Painting Technique
