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You will need:
- Dusting or Stippling brush
- Eggshell for base coat
- Solvent-based (oil) glaze
- Lint-free cloth
- Plastic bucket
- Drop cloth
- Practice board
- Acrylic paint
- Scumble glaze
Here's how:
For your first attempt choose a piece of real marble to copy. For best results work with a solvent-based (oil) glaze, applied over an eggshell base coat. Add the veining details with artists' oils.
1. Either brush out the glaze or apply it with a pad of lint-free cloth. Only a relatively thin coat is needed.
2. Use dusting brush or stippling brush to stipple (dab lightly) the surface of the wet glaze. Add more colour to the glaze mixture, apply selectively to some areas for contrast and stipple the glaze again.
3. Working on the wet glaze, draw in the main areas of veining with an artists' paintbrush and a mixture of glaze and artists' oils. Use different thicknesses of line to create a natural-looking effect.
4. Use the dusting brush again to soften the outlines of the veining and to blend it into the background. Wipe the brush regularly to avoid smudges.
5. Highlight some of the veining by adding more colour or a second colour. Soften the effect again, as in step 4.
Design Tip:
Some special paint effects, especially marbling, should be sealed with a coat of clear varnish once the effect has dried completely. Use satin (matt) rather than gloss unless a particularly polished effect is required.
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