Among many of the artistic techniques used for scrapbooking, faux painting is one
of the most popular techniques. Faux painting is especially, popular in the field
of home decorating these days. If faux painting is used properly, it can yield a
highly creative and dramatic result. Therefore, faux painting is one of the surest
ways to make your scrapbook album more exciting and attractive.
There are many ways of using faux painting to make your scrapbook layouts beautiful.
Each of these methods add different looks to your scrapbook. These faux painting
variations also use different materials for creating the final product and you can
choose the most appropriate method which goes with the theme of your scrapbook album.
So let’s explore two main methods of faux painting. Although these methods are presented
this way, you can always alter the process, the way you like to bring about the
effects you desire. After all, it is you who knows what’s better for your scrapbook
album. Let your imagination run wild while you experiment with faux painting. When
you see the final outcome, you may not even believe your own eyes!
One of the primary methods of creating faux painting is to use colored sheets of
paper. There is no actual painting involved in this method. Therefore, this method
can be considered as one of the easiest ways of doing faux painting.
First of all, select a color of your choice which goes with your scrapbook album
theme. Then you need to select three papers which have three shades of the selected
color. Buying papers of different shades from the same color is not difficult at
all. Go to your local supermarket or the crafts store and you will find many colors
and many shades. Your shades should be able to be differentiated easily, so select
a light, dark and a medium shade.
The paper with the middle shade will be the design for your scrapbook while the
dark paper will be the shadow of the design and the light paper will become the
highlights of the design. This way, you can experiment around with different colors
by creating many designs that has shadows and highlights. The main rule in the process
however, is to let your mind run free!
The second method actually involves painting. In this method, you can paint your
scrapbook layouts using any object other than the regular paint brush. Yes, that’s
what faux painting is all about. There are many objects that you can use to apply
paint. Each of the objects will create a different design and a texture on your
scrapbook layouts which will be unique. There are two main aspects of faux painting;
texture and color. Although the color is the same for any object, the texture will
differ and that’s another rule!
For an example, you can use one of your old socks or towel as the object to apply
paint to your scrapbook. The design that is made by the sock is very different to
the design made by the towel. This is what makes faux painting interesting. If you
do faux painting seriously, then there are specific tools that you can buy. But
to make your scrapbook album nice and attractive, I’m sure you can be creative and
find many objects lying around your house!
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