Marble Paint Strokes

Crosshatching technique is brushing in diagonal or intersecting strokes.

Marble paint strokes.

It s helpful to have a visual aid even if it s just a picture of marble from a magazine. You re going to want to use a stir stick to get the pigment thoroughly mixed into the paint from the bottom of the can. 125 unique marble paint strokes brushes bundle for only 25. Once all the gloss is gone clean the surface with a damp tack cloth to remove the dust then let it dry.

Paint the marble surround. If you want to paint on marble you ll need to use an oil based primer and high gloss paint. The first coat is applied quite thinly with brush strokes in every direction. Shaking just doesn t do the trick since it s so thick.

Here annie has chosen paris grey. Smudges and strokes all created by hand with acrylic paint. Paint the marble with your chosen chalk paint colour using a chalk paint brush. Leave to dry for a couple of hours.

The natural marble effect of the strokes is well suited for creating unique handmade textures as well as artistic overlays. Apply the second coat of chalk paint again relatively thinly. All the marble stokes are handmade created with acrylic paints. First use 36 grit sandpaper to remove the finish on the marble.

In this pack you ll find 110 marble paint stokes that were created on white paper so you can easily place them on a light background and 15 strokes created on black drawing paper which are best suited for a dark background. The chalked paint is very thick and it dries very quickly.