Showing posts with label Mirror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mirror. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2009

The other Mirror

I made a mold set quite a while ago called Etruscan, it was one of my favorites. It was discontinued rather quickly because the big retail stores didn't pick it up. The numbers were low, in the trash it goes. Some one requested the mold, there are no more, so I remade the pieces for them. I test the molds before sending them out so I added the pieces to this frame in gold Cernit with the interference powders on it: Blue, Red, and Violet Interference Pearl-ex, baked them and then antiqued with Pewter Lumiere.




The frame was quite plain before but I like it a lot now.


Here are the instructions for painting the mirror.
http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/2009/06/paint-mirror-quick-and-easy.html


See what happened to the other one here.
http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/2009/06/raven-vomiting-diamonds.html

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Paint a Mirror- quick and easy



Malma Mirror from Ikea in pine








3/4" bristle brush


1" foam brush


Paint whole pine part of mirror with Black Ne-Opaque including sides and let dry. Use foam brush and thin coat.


Paint Little sections at a time with Old Brass and Pewter and blend section a little including the sides. I think it looks good rough like this. Let dry. Use bristle brush. You can stop here if you wish, it looks pretty good like this.


With foam brush apply a little of the Hi-Lite Violet at a time almost dry brushing and blend, blend, blend. Do little sections.

Apply Hi Lite Blue in this manor and blend some in to violet parts.

Apply Hi lite Red the same way and blend in to other hi lite colors.
The Hi Lite paints are like interference Pearl-ex Powders.

Leave patches of Pewter and Old Brass background showing through.

I can get these paints in 8 ounce, 32 ounce and 1 gallon. It would look so good on a wall. The paints also work on fabric, leather, paper, wood, photos, shrink plastic and even Styrofoam!
Looks almost like Raku pottery. Or similar to oil on water.
Very hard to get a good picture of the effect.
I will try again.