Rainbow white

[emeraldsedai]

Since creating my not-really-black Rothko Walls in the living room a couple of years ago, I've been wanting to do a not-really-white version in the bedroom. Today I bought some paint and started experimenting.

Comments

[roxymissrose]

Ooooo! That looks like *fun*!

[emeraldsedai]

I absolutely hate painting, but this technique actually is fun.

[harrigan]

You have the most wonderful ideas! (And the patience and eye to execute them!) I'm so glad you're sharing...

[emeraldsedai]

I would love to take credit for this technique, but it's not original with me. Someone more adventurous than I am figured it out.

[helenajust]

That looks gorgeous. It looks like just the way an artist layers up colour in a painting (I surmise, I'm not artist). And those colours look beautiful together.

[emeraldsedai]

That's pretty much what my brother the artist said. The result reads as more-or-less white (in my living room, more-or-less black) but the subtlety of the effect is really pleasing.

[executrix]

I like that! I was idly thinking about sponging the walls in my office, but I might do this instead.

[emeraldsedai]

I recommend this over sponging because it's just so much faster and easier. You have to be assiduous about masking and draping, but the actual painting goes super-fast, and covers almost anything in a single pass. (The exception is in the pictures above, where I tried to cover dark purple with near-white--definitely some primer needed in that case). Cleanup is one brush and one lambswool pad.

Here's the video I learned the method from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbAD1dIqfU0

[executrix]

Thanks! I saved the video. However, I have wallpaper on everything because the walls are covered with perfectly dreadful paneling that resists nails, drilling, and normal paint--you can get a sheer cover with LOTS of floor enamel, otherwise nope.

[emeraldsedai]

Yikes! That sounds pretty limiting. Ah, the joys of older homes.