Tutorial
Painting Fieldstone Bricks
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This is a step by step guide on how I paint my fieldstone bricks for the cottages. The process is simple but I like the end result that provides a lot of layers in the colours.
1. Base colours
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I apply 2 base colours, a very dark grey with a slight blue tint, and a very dark brown or a burnt umber The dark grey is made with black, white and blue (blue ink actually, the stuff for ink pens, I happened to have a bottle, so used it). And it is well diluted so it goes in all the cracks very well. The idea being the blue is to have the "slate" colour, they look almost black or very dark greay at first, but then you notice the blue in them... it's more lifelike and less monochromatic. |
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The brown is "Burnt Umber" or plain simple dark brown I get from a discount store for 99p for 125ml, It is applied randomly to individual bricks (I do not bother with the inside), and I am not too bothered is I do not over the whole stone or even if I go over one next to it. |
2. Heavy Brushing
3. Highlights
4. Dry Brushing
5. The End
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