About one learned mistake
21:48 29.09.2013
About one learned mistake
Today we started to paint the room, which I was assigned to paint. So the project was pending since this July and August and now it is going to finish. I promised to finish before my leaving and hopefully I am running right in time. I am very glad for that. Actually, it is very sad to tell that I made a mistake. Yeah, that happened, I just must tell to make myself feeling shame, that I wanted to make economy with materials (as I did not want to waste them actually). The technology in decorative painting, which I used, is that we apply the first layer of a base color and then we apply the finishing layer with a sponge. I did not take photos of the process, but I will try to make it tomorrow morning. The amount of paints we bought was not enough and we had only few square centimeters blank. I did not want to go to the shop again and buy a whole bucket of the color. So I decided to make the same color by myself. And I did it. I matched them and the two colors I made were totally equal. Then what is the matter? What happened? I did two cups of the color, but I thought it would not be enough. First I did the first attempt in making the color and it was too hot (as the walls are cold green/yellow light color). I decided to try to change the temperature of the color adding cold components. Might be there was the rule not to mix cold and hot colors. So I made it almost equal to the wall color. Then I agreed with everyone that I should really use the color. I got permission, mixed all the paints I got (thinking that better to use same color and it will give perfect result in blend). When I started to paint, the color appeared much darker!!! (and we remembered the words of the seller in shop, that paints of this company get darker after applying on walls). I got a few patches on the wall in different places!!! I am very disappointed. Then we decided to try the next layer, thinking it will hide the color difference.
First I was disappointed even more, as I was able to see the difference very clearly. But fortunately, now when I look at the wall I can not identify the place of the mistake. So I have lots of work for tomorrow, one area on another side is still blank. We do not have enough place there to arrange the stairs with the furniture, which remain in the room, so we have to make rearrangement each time we start a new area. I am looking forward to making that equal color again, as I already know the right formula. The mistake is learned and I hope it was the last one of the kind.
Promise to make photo-report of the process once it will be finished.
The picture today is the ornament on a wall, which I did in fine art academy (you can say university college)
Maria Ganza, painting on wall, flower, acrylic, 2011
read more at ganza_art
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About one learned mistake
Today we started to paint the room, which I was assigned to paint. So the project was pending since this July and August and now it is going to finish. I promised to finish before my leaving and hopefully I am running right in time. I am very glad for that. Actually, it is very sad to tell that I made a mistake. Yeah, that happened, I just must tell to make myself feeling shame, that I wanted to make economy with materials (as I did not want to waste them actually). The technology in decorative painting, which I used, is that we apply the first layer of a base color and then we apply the finishing layer with a sponge. I did not take photos of the process, but I will try to make it tomorrow morning. The amount of paints we bought was not enough and we had only few square centimeters blank. I did not want to go to the shop again and buy a whole bucket of the color. So I decided to make the same color by myself. And I did it. I matched them and the two colors I made were totally equal. Then what is the matter? What happened? I did two cups of the color, but I thought it would not be enough. First I did the first attempt in making the color and it was too hot (as the walls are cold green/yellow light color). I decided to try to change the temperature of the color adding cold components. Might be there was the rule not to mix cold and hot colors. So I made it almost equal to the wall color. Then I agreed with everyone that I should really use the color. I got permission, mixed all the paints I got (thinking that better to use same color and it will give perfect result in blend). When I started to paint, the color appeared much darker!!! (and we remembered the words of the seller in shop, that paints of this company get darker after applying on walls). I got a few patches on the wall in different places!!! I am very disappointed. Then we decided to try the next layer, thinking it will hide the color difference.
First I was disappointed even more, as I was able to see the difference very clearly. But fortunately, now when I look at the wall I can not identify the place of the mistake. So I have lots of work for tomorrow, one area on another side is still blank. We do not have enough place there to arrange the stairs with the furniture, which remain in the room, so we have to make rearrangement each time we start a new area. I am looking forward to making that equal color again, as I already know the right formula. The mistake is learned and I hope it was the last one of the kind.
Promise to make photo-report of the process once it will be finished.
The picture today is the ornament on a wall, which I did in fine art academy (you can say university college)
Maria Ganza, painting on wall, flower, acrylic, 2011
read more at ganza_art
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