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After my last antiquing disaster, I’m frozen in fear of trying it again 🙁
But without antiquing, it currently looks flat and without depth. I guess I’m going to have to give it another try over the weekend.
After my last antiquing disaster, I’m frozen in fear of trying it again 🙁
But without antiquing, it currently looks flat and without depth. I guess I’m going to have to give it another try over the weekend.
If you want, bring him today.
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmAfter my last antiquing disaster, I’m frozen in fear of trying it again 🙁
But without antiquing, it currently looks flat and without depth. I guess I’m going to have to give it another try over the weekend.
LIH, do you seal it before you antique? When I first attempted antiquing, I sealed it first and when the antiquing didn’t look as good as I hoped I just wiped it off with a damp cloth without damaging the base coat that I worked so hard on. Don’t be afraid to experiment, that’s where some of the prettiest art comes from! 🙂
LIH, try sealing the piece first, then antique. I ALWAYS do that now. I work with thin layers of a paint, so when I antique and rub it off, I’d lose half of what I had painted already, which is a pain when you are using mixes of colors. I started doing that and it made all the difference (and saves me unnecessary headaches)! I might loose a little paint on the high areas now if I’m too rough with rubbing off the antiquing, but a little touch up here and there is nothing compared to having to redo everything! Don’t despair! I recall Melody stating that she seals, at least on some pieces, before she antiques (I think it was her or Jennifer I got the idea from way back when the pyos came out). Probably depends on the piece. A good layer should be fine. You don’t have to over do it with the sealant to have it work. 🙂
Thanks Skeeterdeee and Siberakh. I did seal before antiquing, my problem wasn’t having paint coming off, it was antiquing NOT coming off. I think I may have waited too long before wiping it off.
Also, I went with the directions on the bottle of antiquing medium which said to mix 1:1 with acrylic paint, and I didn’t use any retarder, so that might have been a factor too. And I didn’t like using the sponge either, it didn’t work well for me.
Before I put a coat of white on my piece, I did try a few trials and I think that I’m better prepared to do it now. I’m still afraid of ruining it, but I have to give it a try! If it doesn’t work, I’ll just have to start again on a third piece! :bigsmile:
After my last antiquing disaster, I’m frozen in fear of trying it again 🙁
But without antiquing, it currently looks flat and without depth. I guess I’m going to have to give it another try over the weekend.
If you want, bring him today.
Thanks for the offer Sarah, but I just gave it a clear coat in preparation for my next antiquing attempt. I WILL figure it out!… or ruin another PYO trying :bigsmile:
After the clear coat is dry, I antique with one part antiquing thingie, one part paint and one part water. I really don’t leave the solution on very long – actually, it’s on for not even a few minutes. I wipe it off with pieces of paper towel.
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http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmI did try the paper towels and like that a lot better than the sponge. And I will give your mix a try as well. Thanks!
If you need some help on how to antique, here is a video of how I do it.
I’m not saying it’s the BEST way to do it, but it works for me! 😛
I am going to try a different method on my swap piece this time. I’ll try airbrushing the paint on and wiping it off real fast. I will post how it goes.What dragonmedley suggested. If the paint you are using is a little thicker or the antiquing fluid is, it’s not a bad idea to have a little water mixed in. I use damp (not wet) paper towels to wipe the paint off and, depending on the effect, I usually don’t leave it on very long. A few minutes at most. Only occasionally do I leave it on longer. If I want it to be darker, I antique again, or antique with a small brush to hit specific spots that didn’t work out so well, or use a fine brush to fill in indents that are shallow and won’t fill in very well.
I am allllmost done with mine. Glad we had the extra time. I really like how he had turned out though. He looks like he could get up and move on his own.
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