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Paints, Arts & Crafts

1 Preparing walls ............................................................................... 2

Choosing a feature wall ................................................................... 3

Applying wall art ........................................................................... 4

Hanging wallpaper ......................................................................... 6

Hanging a photo mural .................................................................... 12

Stencilling ...................................................................................... 15

Painting stripes ............................................................................... 17

Suedette ....................................................................................... 20

Brushed metal ................................................................................ 22

Liquid metal ................................................................................... 24

Paint effects ................................................................................... 26

Sponging ...................................................................................... 28

Linen-weave patchwork .................................................................... 31

Contents

2Preparing walls

Prepare your walls well and you will have a quality long-lasting featurewall

HOW TO

Walls need to be absolutely clean and dry for the best adhesion between them and wallpaper paste, wall art or stencilling paint. If your walls already have a quality finish, then all you might need to do is wash them.

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1 Wash walls with sugar soap to ensure they are clear of grease, grime and dust, then rinse well and allow to dry.

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2 Roughen glossy walls with medium-grit sandpaper.

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3 Fill any holes and gouges with a filler and sand flat any raised spots that will affect the finished look.

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4 Its best not to stick wall art onto textured walls as it wont adhere well to them and could lose its impact.

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5 If your wall is freshly painted, wait at least two weeks for the paint to cure and dont wash or scrub it for at least 30 days.

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- Sugar soap

- Linen-free cloth / mutton cloth

- Sandpaper and sanding block or orbital sander (glossy walls)

- Filling compound (for cracks)

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3Choosing a feature wall

SOME OF THE CHOICES FOR DECORATING A FEATURE WALL ARE:

PAINTING A FEATURE WALL

Feature walls are often used to bring colour and interest to a lounge or bedroom, but they can work in any room.

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1 Wallpapering (smooth wall required)2 Stencilling3 Wall art stickers (smooth wall required)4 Photo mural (smooth wall required)5 Painted stripes6 Different paint effects7 Textured paint finish

colour to emphasize a piece of furniture, such as a couch or a bed.

4Applying wall art

Applying wall art to a feature wall in your home is a creative and rewarding activity that can spruce up a dull wall.

HOW TO

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1 Plan where you want to place your wall art. Cut out the separate pieces and temporarily stick them to the wall with tape. Once you are happy with the arrangement, mark the positions of each piece with a pencil crayon so youll know where to put it later.

Take your wall art with you if you move homes. Peel off and store on their original backing or sheets of wax paper rolled up in a poster tube to prevent creasing. Reapply in your new home.

What you will need:

- Watercolour pencil crayon

- Wall art- Squeegee / old bank card- Tape

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2 Peel off the white backing slowly, being careful not to tear it.

3 Stick the wall art in its previously marked position.

4 Use an old bank card to gently press the piece onto the surface, smoothing out any imperfections and working any bubbles to the edges.

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Where wall art consists of delicate pieces, such as letters in a word or phrase, it usually comes with a facing as well as a backing. It is advisable to drag an old bank card across the back of the wall art and then the front to get the sticker to adhere to both facing and backing. Peel off the backing by rolling it back along itself and not by pulling it off at 90. Stick wall art onto the wall and then pull off the facing.

6Hanging wallpaper

HOW TO

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1 Unroll the wallpaper and leave it to unfurl and acclimatise in the room into which it is being installed for 24 hours.

2 Set up a table for all your equipment in the room to be papered. Lay drop cloths/sheets between the wall to be papered and the table.

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What you will need:

- Table

- Scissors

- Sponge or wallpaper hanging brush

- Drop cloth/sheet

- Cutting blade- Tape measure

- Watercolour pencil crayon

- Bucket

- Wallpaper glue

- Ladder

- Straight edge or trim guide

- Wallpaper

- Level

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Look for the wallpapering kit in your local Builders store, which is an easy way to prepare for wallpapering.

73 Choose a starting point and plan how to continue from there. Measure the height of the wall, adding 4-10 cm to the top and bottom for trimming, and cut the wallpaper to length. Take into account the need to line up any pattern on the paper as it could mean making some of the lengths longer.

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4 Mix wall paper paste and paint it on the back of the wallpaper. Fold the wallpaper gently so it lies paste side in and leave for 5 minutes, so that the paste soaks into the paper. Always read the manufacturers instructions and follow their advice.

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5 Pencil a plumb (dead vertical) line on your wall just less than the width of the paper away from your starting point. You will be aligning the edge of the paper with this line, so double check that its straight.

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6 Standing on a ladder so you can reach the top of the wall, carefully position the top end of your first sheet of wallpaper against the ceiling cornice, overlapping 4-10 cm onto the ceiling/cornice. A second person must hold the bottom of the wallpaper away from the wall. Line up the side of the sheet with your plumb line.

Smooth the paper with your hand and a sponge. Work from the top centre to the edges and down to remove any bubbles. Avoid getting adhesive onto the patterned side of the wallpaper. If you do, wipe it off immediately with a damp sponge. Make sure you dont stretch the paper or squeeze out all of the adhesive.

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7 Once your sheet is straight and free of bubbles, use a straight edge and sharp blade to cut off the excess paper at the top and bottom. Clean or change the blade after each sheet as dull blades can tear the paper. Be careful!

8 Wipe excess adhesive off moulding, ceiling and walls with a damp sponge.

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89 Cut and hang your next sheet, making sure to match patterns and butt seams tightly together. Do not overlap the seams.

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10 Set each seam with a clean, damp sponge. If necessary use a roller to gently press the seams closed.

WALLPAPERING AN OUTSIDE CORNER

1 Hang wallpaper against wall.

2 Make small relief cuts at the top and bottom of the corner so the paper can lie smoothly and wrap around the corner.

3 Smooth down the paper to the left of the corner.

4 Start in the middle and smooth the paper up and down along the corner. Press to create a clean, straight edge.

5 Smooth down the paper to the right of the corner.

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9 Smooth down the rest of the paper.

4 Make smaller relief cuts along the edge of the sink and, using the smoothing tool, butt the paper up against the sink.

5 Trim away excess with a sharp blade and straight edge.

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1 Hang wallpaper and smooth out bubbles towards the object (e.g. a sink).

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2 Make large relief cuts with scissors to allow the paper to hang around the sink.

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WALLPAPERING AROUND A CURVED OBJECT

Buy 10% more wallpaper than you need as you will then be able to match patterns and make mistakes without running out of wallpaper, or having to buy more from a different batch. Try to use rolls from the same batch so there are no colour variations.

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4 Mark where the right-hand edge of the loose piece ends and draw a plumb line down the wall to mark it.

5 Peel the loose piece back from the corner and position the two cut edges together. Slide it back into the corner, making sure to match any pattern. Use your plumb line to keep the paper straight. You dont have to align the edge with the line, it is just a guide.

Smooth down the right side piece carefully.

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WALLPAPERING AN INSIDE CORNER

1 Smooth paper on the wall to the left of the corner, gently pushing it into the corner and making sure not to stretch it.

2 Let the right side hang loosely on the wall. Do not smooth down.

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Cut the wallpaper in the corner with a blade. You will want to change the blade halfway to continue getting a clean cut.

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If your wallpaper is a dark colour you may want to paint the underlying wall, or just the strips of wall where the sheets of wallpaper meet, a similar colour. Any little gaps (should they appear) will then be less noticeable.

Use a putty knife to press the paper behind objects where there is a small gap between the object and the wall.

Apply paper to wall and squeeze out any bubbles, working towards where the wall meets the door frame.

2 Hold paper firmly and make relief cuts in any excess paper around the moulding. Cut at an angle of 45 into the corners.

3 Smooth the paper next to the frame, making sure you create a sharp crease along the edge with your straight edge. Cut off the excess with a blade and straight edge.

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Hanging a photo mural

HOW TO

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1 Make sure youll have enough time to complete the project as a murals panels shrink once they begin to dry, making it necessary to do the job in one go.

2 Murals are made from a range of materials so always follow the manufacturers instructions. You get wallpaper-type murals, self-sticking, vinyl and many more.

You can trim a large mural to fit a smaller wall or, if the mural is smaller than the wall, centre it and put a border or wood trim around it which will make it look like an opening in the wall.

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What you will need:

- Mural

- Bucket

- Paintbrush

- Paste

- Blade

- Level

- Clean sponge

- Watercolour pencil crayon

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3 Inspect your mural by laying it out on the floor in sequence to see how it will look when completed. Check the colours and patterns to see that they match from panel to panel and that the whole thing will look seamless once installed.

4 Draw a large grid on the wall with a pencil crayon to indicate where each panel will go.

5 Murals that are not pre-pasted or self-adhesive come with a packet of dry glue. Follow the mixing instructions.

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6 Apply paste to the back of one panel at a time with a paintbrush or wallpaper brush. Tears can happen, so be careful when moving panels.

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7 Position the top edge of the first panel according to your grid and apply even pressure to get it to stick to the wall. You may need a second person to hold the bottom of your panel away from the wall.

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9 Continue in the same way with the remaining panels, overlapping them by about 2-5 mm to prevent any of the underlying wall from showing through. Match the picture as much as possible.

10 Using a soft, damp sponge, immediately clean off any adhesive that gets onto the front of the mural.

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11 Wait until the mural is dry before doing any trimming. Ensure your blade is sharp.

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8 Using a roller, smooth the panel from the centre outwards to remove any bubbles.

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StencillingYou can buy a stencil or make your own. The options are endless, giving you full control of colour and pattern. Create a border, give something a wallpaper look, finely decorate doors, windows or furniture.

Stencilling an entire wall is ambitious but creative.

HOW TO

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1 Make sure the wall is clean and free of dust.

2 Plan how youre going to use the stencil and pencil guidelines on the wall accordingly.

Stencil a border around a doorway or arch, or just some detail on cupboards.

What you will need:

- Stencil- Bloc-it painters tape

- Stencil brush x2

- Palette

- Spare paper

- Sponge- Paint x2 colours- Watercolour pencil crayon

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3 Atttach the stencil to your wall with stencil adhesive or painters tape.

4 Using a stencil brush, load it with paint. Blot off any excess onto some spare paper and then stipple the paint over the stencil in a short fast motion.

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5 Use little paint and build up the design and/or colours in stages. Too much paint will cause the pattern to smudge.

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6 Stipple on your accent colour, again using little paint and reloading your brush often. Apply as many colours as you wish to get the desired effect. Stencilled patterns are not meant to have a solid-colour look.

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7 Remove the stencil while the paint is wet.

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8 If you are applying your design in strips, mark the position of each stencil while it is still attached to the wall so you can line up the next properly.

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9 Once the paint on a stencil has dried, you can move it on to the next section straight away, but if its still wet you will need to clean the paint off it before moving on.

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10 Clean stencils before storing them and wipe off any smudges and pencil marks.

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Painting stripes

HOW TO

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1 Choose your base colour and paint the wall with it. Allow to dry.

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2 Study the room and plan your stripes on a piece of paper. If doing a whole room, calculate the widths the various stripes need to be so you wont be left with a fraction of a stripe at the end of a wall.

What you will need:

- Pencil, paper and ruler

- Roller and tray

- Bucket

- Watercolour pencil crayon that matches the colour of your base coat

- 1 base coat & 3 colours

- Paintbrush

- Bloc-it painters tape

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3 Measure across your wall and mark it at the top, in the middle and at the bottom according to the pattern and width of the stripes (e.g. 30 cm, 14 cm, 2 cm, and 14 cm) so you can draw guidelines where the stripes will go. Join the marks vertically using a level or a laser level and a coloured pencil that closely matches the base coat.

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4 Tape along the outer edges of the stripes to be painted with colour one (medium pink). Double-check your sketch and tape across the stripes not to be painted so you wont make a mistake.

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5 Apply colour one (medium pink) with a roller and allow to dry.

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6 Apply a second coat and allow to dry.

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7 Remove the tape.

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8 Tape the outer edges of the stripes to be painted with colour two (light pink).

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9 Apply colour two with a roller and allow to dry.

Bloc-it painters tape is designed to prevent paint from sneaking under it, which means less touching up and no need to seal the edge of the tape with your base coat. However, using an old bank card, smooth down the edges just to be sure.

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10 Apply a second coat and allow to dry.

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11 Remove the tape.

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12 Lastly tape the outer edges of the thinnest stripes, making sure that no base coat shows through between the stripes.

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13 Apply colour three with a roller and allow to dry.

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14 Apply a second coat and allow to dry. With dark colours such as this you may even need a third coat.

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15 Remove the tape. Stand back and admire.

Stripes of equal width and only two colours are the simplest to create. The base coat becomes the one colour and you only have to add the second colour. When taping the stripes it will appear as if you have a wide one and a narrow one. Tape across the stripes you dont need to paint to avoid confusion.

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Suedette

HOW TO

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1 Prep wall in the normal way, including applying a primer if necessary.

What you will need:

- Fired Earth Suedette paint

- 100 mm quality bristle brush

- Paintbrush for cutting in

- Paint pail

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2 Cut in a large section from the corners, other walls and ceiling with your suede paint. Fill in the rest with a large brush. The finish doesnt have to be smooth as a quick coat is what you need. Let this coat dry thoroughly.

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3 Using a 100 mm quality bristle brush, apply a second coat in a sweeping cross-hatch pattern. You can work across the wall in strips but work fast so the edge of each strip is still wet when you move on to the next. An alternative is to work on the diagonal so as to avoid noticeable work areas.

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4 When painting close to the corners, avoid drips by applying the paint in an X pattern and working away from the corners.

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5 Allow to dry.

This effect works particularly well with dark colours.

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Brushed metal

HOW TO

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1 Prep wall in the normal way.

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2 Cut in and roller on All in One primer. Allow to dry.

What you will need:

- Fired Earth All in One Primer/ Undercoat

- 100 mm paint brush

- Fired Earth Brushed Metal Paint

- Paintbrush for cutting in

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3 The key to the texture of the topcoat is to brush the paint on in a pattern. Brush on the first brushed metal coat in horizontal lines. Allow to dry.

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4 When applying the second coat, do small sections at a time so you are able to continue your pattern while the edges of your area are still wet. You can choose to do a cross hatch pattern or a circular pattern in which the brush is dipped in the paint and then applied to the wall in a wrist twist motion. We chose a chevron pattern.

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5 Remove any painters tape from fittings and adjacent walls while paint is still wet.Allow to dry.

You can choose the amount of texture you want in the already-textured paint. It all depends on how much you pattern the wet paint with your brush.

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Liquid metal

HOW TO

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1 Prep wall in the normal way. We chose to do a wide stripe instead of the whole wall.

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2 Cut in and roller on All in One. Allow to dry.

What you will need:

- Fired Earth All in One Primer/ Undercoat

- Lambswool roller

- Fired Earth Liquid Metal Paint

- Paintbrush for cutting in

- Roller tray- Tape measure- Spirit level- Watercolour pencil crayon

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3 Roller on the liquid metal paint. Complete the whole wall in one session. Allow to dry.

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4 Cut in and roller on a second coat. Assess if a third coat is necessary.

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5 Remove any painters tape from fittings and adjacent walls while paint is still wet. Allow to dry.

When painting with Liquid Metal avoid overspreading as this will cause an uneven spread.

When theyre mixing your paint the Builders staff will advise you if the colour you have chosen needs a tinted undercoat or a third topcoat. They will not be talking about a universal undercoat but rather an inexpensive PVA that they can tint the same colour as your topcoat and which will give your topcoat a good finish at a slightly cheaper price than a third coat.

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Paint effects

USING A GLAZE

Most paint effects use a glaze. You can choose from a tinted glaze (always read the instructions) or you can mix your own by adding 4 parts clear glaze (also called clear base or scrumble) to 1 part water-based colour. You can change the 4:1ratio to achieve your desired colour.

Glaze prolongs the drying time of paint, thus allowing you more time to finish your paint effect before it dries.

If you want to paint a whole room or a very large expanse of wall, get some help (invite some friends round) as you will have trouble completing the effect while the paint is still wet if you try doing it alone.

A lamp base, chest of drawers, door or an entire wall can benefit from the use of a paint effect. However you might want to do just one wall instead of an entire room. This is a great way to exercise your creative skill while adding colour and interest to a room.

The effects discussed here are ways of applying or removing one or more coloured glazes over a base colour to create the illusion of texture and thus add interest to a room. The colours are manipulated while wet.

Water-based paints are easier to use for paint effects as they are easier to apply, clean up and crisis manage, if things go a bit pear-shaped.

What you will need:

- Ladder

- Roller, brushes, paint tray, mixing paddle

- Primer (if necessary)

- Base coat Fired Earth Ultimate (infinite)

- Tester boards for experimenting

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1 Prep wall, masking off skirting, ceiling and fittings and painting on a primer, if necessary. Allow to dry.

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2 Paint on two coats of your base colour. A smooth, quality finish is what you want. Allow to dry thoroughly.

Matt emulsions are too porous to use for paint effects. You need to use a gloss, semi-gloss or silk finish paint.

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3 At the same time, paint some spare boards with your base colour to use as practice and tester surfaces.

4 Experiment with your glaze ratio until you get the shade you want. Remember the final ratio so you can mix more as you need it. Do this with as many accent colours as you want to use.

Creating a paint effect can get rather messy so it is best to clear the room of furniture and cover the floors with canvas or plastic.

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Sponging on

HOW TO

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2 Brush the darker glaze mixture onto one face of the sponge. Be consistent with the amount of paint brushed on.

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1 Wet sponge and squeeze dry.

What you will need:

- 2 x natural sea sponges (or normal foam sponges, the result will be a bit different)

- 2 accent colours (a lighter and a darker shade)

- Glaze

- Paint pail

- Bucket of water

- Paintbrush

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3 Dab the sponge on some spare paper.

4 Dot the sponge on the wall erratically, changing the angle of your wrist so the marks dont all look the same. You can work in a spiral, on the diagonal or in 1 m sections with rough edges. Make sure not to drag the sponge or smudge any of the marks. The less paint that goes onto the wall with each dab, the more delicate the effect will be.

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5 When working into a corner, hold a piece of cardboard against the adjoining wall to both shield it and let you finish up cleanly in the corner. If you are doing both walls, use a bulldog clip to hold the sponge as it will allow you to get right into the corner.

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6 When you have finished your first coat, let it dry completely.

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7 Repeat in the same fashion with your second colour, applying it so as to create an even, attractive pattern. You can continue building depth and texture with as many colours as you like. Remember to let each coat dry thoroughly before applying the next.

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8 Rinse your sponge regularly to avoid making splotches you are aiming for an overall even pattern and colour.

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SPONGING OFF

ALTERNATIVES USE WHAT YOU HAVE

To creat a different look, swap your sponge for a rag, old T-shirt, chamois, plastic packet, piece of brown paper or any number of the effects rollers on sale.

Instead of applying the colours with the sponge, you can use it to remove the paint and create a pattern that way. Roller a coat of coloured glaze over your dry basecoat and dot and dab the colour off with the sponge. Allow to dry and then roller on a second tinted glaze and sponge off, allowing both colours and the base coat to show through.

If you are taking paint off, as in sponging or ragging it off, you will need to wash it out of whatever you are using often (or use a new piece of the material).

Another trick is to attach crumpled plastic tightly to an ordinary roller and use it to texture a wet colour glaze already on a wall.

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Linen-weave patchwork effect

HOW TO

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2 Paint on your base coat (choose a colour lighter than your accent colours).

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1 Prep wall and tape off adjoining walls, the ceiling and fittings.

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3 Plan your effect. Do you want a uniform square-block look or a more erratic rectangular look. Plot on paper, to scale, how big the squares/rectangles must be to fit the wall perfectly. A simple way to do this is to divide the wall into columns and rows. Mark these lines on the wall with your pencil crayon.

What you will need:

- Graph paper

- Base coat

- 100 mm paintbrush

- Bloc-it painters tape

- Accent colours x2

- 5 paint pails

- Ruler- Pencil- Tape measure

- Straight edge- Watercolour pencil crayon

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4 Mix 1 cup base coat colour with 1 cup glaze in a pail. In another pail, mix 1 cup of first accent colour with 1 cup glaze. In a third pail, mix 1 cup second accent colour with 1 cup glaze.

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5 In a fourth pail, mix cup base coat and cup first accent colour with 1 cup glaze. Lastly, in a fifth pail, mix cup first accent colour and cup second accent colour with 1 cup glaze. You will now have 5 pails of colour ranging from lightest to darkest.

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6 Tape around 1/3 of the squares on the wall, choosing them randomly but making sure none is next to another.

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7 Choose one of your pails (any colour) and paint the colour onto the first square with a brush, beginning with a vertical stroke (not necessarily extending the whole height of the square), followed by a horizontal stroke (again not necessarily extending the whole width of the square). Repeat until the whole square is covered with vertical and horizontal brushstrokes (with minimal overlap). Wipe brush with a damp cloth.

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8 While first colour is still wet, dip the same brush into another shade of the glaze and gently drag it through the first colour, using the same horizontal and vertical stroke style.

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9 Wipe the brush with a damp cloth and repeat with another colour.

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10 When you have finished your first lot of squares, proceed to the others. Tape off another 1/3 of the squares and paint as above, using three or four of your colours per square. Wipe the brush after every colour change, but there is no need to clean the brush.

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11 When painting squares next to an adjoining wall, make sure your last brush stroke goes parallel to and over the tape to create a clean finish. Allow to dry thoroughly.

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12 Tape off the last 1/3 of the squares and paint as above. Allow to dry thoroughly.

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