We've been having a great time playing with ocean inspired colour palettes this month as part of our #funwithfolkit "Under the Sea" painting challenge but that doesn't mean the fun has to stop there! We also wanted to spread our wings and create a tutorial that would help you get to know DecoArt's Drying Time Extender a little better and take your decorative painting skills a little further.
Materials required:
DecoArt Americana in: Sand, Desert Turquoise and True Blue.
Picture Frame (ours was from Ikea)
Step 1: Use the back of the frame to mark out and cut your mountboard to size (if required).
Step 2: Basecoat the entire area of the board with DecoArt Americana in Sand.
Step 3: Keeping your board horizontal, mark out the middle point on both of the shortest sides.
Step 4: Using the two marks as a guide, apply Drying Time Extender to one half of the board.
Step 5: Using the Desert Turquoise, dip the corner of your brush into the paint. With the Drying Time Extender to the centre line, create a band of blended colour approximately 1.5 inches wide. The Drying Time Extender will keep the paint wet and allow you to keep blending until you are happy with it.
When you are working with Drying Time Extender, remember it is better to build the colour slowly using layers.
Step 6: Next, pick up the True Blue on the same corner of the brush. Blend the True Blue slightly over the top of the Dessert Turquoise (the clean side of your brush will be towards the clean edge of your board) slowly blend the Blue out towards the edge of the board.
Step 7: Keep picking up more of the True Blue to blend a darker band down towards the edge of the mountboard.
Step 8: Once you have painted one half of the board, step back and look at the colour. If you feel it requires more blending, wash and dry the brush before drawing the brush over the blue and blending the colours further. Keep working with it until you are happy with it.
Here are the boards I created during this tutorial. You can see that I attempted this project several times before I was happy, these are the good ones as I painted on both sides of the boards!
Once you have picked up the skills, you can play with technique and colours.
I experimented with using tape to help me create a darker line but when I removed it, it removed some of the paint. It was one of those happy accidents where it created a nice effect though so I wasn't too upset. I also tried leaving out the turquoise and just blending the True Blue.
I obviously chose this palette for a little ocean inspired #funwithfolkit this month but this can be used to create ombre effects with so many other gorgeous colours - the effects look good Don't be afraid to play and have fun with this technique!
Happy Folking x
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