Playing With FARRAGOZ Techniques

I've been playing with paint finishes.  It's one of my favorite things to do.  Layering paint, and various mediums is the best thing you can do when you want an aged look.

As you know, I've been reviewing the FARRAGOZ course, and, you know me.  So, it should come as no surprise that I've been experimenting with every little tip and tidbit from the course.  Giving it my own spin, and such.

Because, I wouldn't consider my review complete unless I applied some of the techniques to projects other than those in the course.

I showed you this chippy fleur-de-lis piece I designed with one of the techniques.

Today, I used recipes and techniques from the course to give this corbel a distressed finish.  BTW, the cost of these recipes are very low.

My inspiration for the finish, was the old painted chain lying on it.  I didn't paint the chain, that's how I found it.  I wanted to give the corbel the same vibe.

I applied layers of homemade gesso, and other paint mixtures from the course.  At that point, it looked like this.

Then, the distressing began.

The way the layers reacted to each other, made the distressing easy, and added unexpected variances of color.

I've started working on this table.  Another layering project, using recipes, and techniques from the course. I'll let you know where I end up on on this.

I've also started my next module of the course. The Clock.   I'll give you a peek soon.

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See ya soon.