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Thursday, August 20, 2015

How to paint a cobblestone path...

Hello My dear friends;

A quick tutorial on:
how to paint with acrylic paints 
a Cobblestone pathway...

I came up with this by just looking at a real pathway and I wanted to share it  with you.
I used of course my little favorite paint bottles from DecoArt: Americana...

how to paint a cobblestone path: acrylic paints

Gather your supplies; some paint, some brushes and a surface....

how to paint a cobblestone path: acrylic paints and supplies

The colors are:
Neutral Grey
Zinc
Light Buttermilk
Payne's Grey
Driftwood 

Tools/Brushes:
a flat 1" brush for the basecoat, a liner/ round #2, a curved flat # 6 for the side load, a stencil brush and a white charcoal pencil

Surface: a wood piece...for final project (note: tutorial was made on paper)

Step1: Base Coat and trace lines;

how to paint a cobblestone path: acrylic paints step 1-3

- base coat with "neutral grey" the entire surface with 1' brush
- with a white charcoal pencil draw lines for stones
(first make vertical wiggle lines then draw some twisted horizontal ones, until you have covered the hole area)

Step 2: Paint lines
- with liner/round 2" brush with "zinc" paint, make them thin and thick

Step 3: Side Load/Float
- with 3 different colors/shades
"Side load/Floating": refers to a painting technique, where you add shading or highlights with a flat/curved or angular brush that is loaded ONLY on one side with paint and the other half loaded with water or extender

how to paint a cobblestone path: acrylic paints step 3-5

- with "light Buttermilk" in some areas of each stone, then with "driftwood" and finally with "Payne's Grey" to give a "blueish look"... this is very random

Step 4: Stipple
- with a stencil brush very lightly with the 3 colors mentioned above...and randomly!

Step 5: paint again the lines
- with "Zinc" and Voilà!...

how to paint a cobblestone path: acrylic paints


Why to make a cobblestone pathway?

well I will incorporate this pathway in a wooden Halloween house that I painted
I will show you this project very soon...stayed tuned and keep on the look for it!
It is very cute!!!

happy painting...or crafting!!

Until next time my friends!

SUPPLIES


15 comments:

  1. A great tutorial Bibiana and such a lovely realistic effect.

    Hugs Erika. x

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  2. How clever and beautiful. Thank you for the tutorial Bibiana.

    Love & hugs

    Jacquie J xxx
    http://jewelscardcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

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  3. Thank you for the tutorial. A very cool effect. Look forward to seeing the Halloween house. Hugs

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  4. Oh wow, what a gorgeous cobblestone path!! You did an amazing job with it!! Thank you for the fabulous tutorial, too!! Love this!! Have a great day :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  5. Oh my you did a fabulous job on the stones, they look so real with all your shading, look forward to your project!

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  6. Superbe !!!! merci pour le partage.
    Bises.

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  7. Merci de nous offrir ce petit cours !

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  8. Wow, beautiful color and effect with your cobblestone pathway, it looks stunning. Looking forward to your Halloween house.

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  9. WOUW this looks sooo realistic, and woulæd be a perfect wau to make garden paths too, if we´re making a gardenpicture and also as you sauid for a driveway in front of a house or something simular.
    Thanks sooo much for a great tutorial here, it looks awesome and is sooo easy to underrstand, that even I might be able to do this ha ha ha.
    Have a wonderful week-end and lots of great fun.

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  10. Very clever technique Bibiana and so effective thank you for showing us the technique

    Anne

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  11. bravo bibiana tes explication s sont super merci
    bisous

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  12. Oh my, you're such a tease. I can't wait to see what you do with this cobblestone. You make me miss painting so much. When I go visit my daughter in September, we are going to a class where there will be a painting party of 40 woman all painting the same scene. The instructor is going to guide us along so we all end up with the same picture. I chose the class with the Toronto nighttime skyline with water reflection in the water. I'll be sure to post it when it's done.

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  13. Beautiful variety I can think of many ways to use them ...........Lis

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  14. That is amazing!! Wonderful tutorial!

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THANKS again, Bibiana