In this tutorial, Lena shows how to paint a rustic farmhouse Christmas sign. You'll learn layering and distressing techniques, which are perfect for farmhouse decor. Decorate your home with DIY Christmas signs, or give them as gifts this holiday season.
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🎨Paints: Use a good quality craft acrylic paint, if your paint is runny or seems thin, it won't perform as well as paints that have body and are not thin.
⏰Times:
0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Supplies
0:37 - Basecoating / using a foam brush to be able to distress the paint later
01:27 - Using a sanding block to distress and even out the painted wood background
02:59 - Positioning the StudioR12 Christmas Tree Farm Stencil with tape
03:36 - Loading the Dome Stencil brush with red paint and swirling the paint off on a paper towel (this is how you prevent bleeding under stencils)
06:44 - Moving on to Black paint and tape off adjoining stencil areas, use a stipple instead of swirl
08:21- Remove the tape from the stencil
08:56 - Painting the trees green with the dome brush and stencil, use a complimentary light and dark paint for depth in your painted sign/ Use the swirl technique
09:46 - Preventing digging a hole when painting big open spaces with stencils, don't run your brush over wet paint or it will pick the paint back up
10:33 - Dirty brush blend your paint thru the stencil to create a shadow effect, how to load
14:14 - Antiquing with water plus paint to create an aged painted effect, rub in with a paper towel for an aged look, great for farmhouse techniques, add a touch of black for final antiquing
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