I took this class at the Orange County Tole/Decorative Painter’s SDPC at Biola University in July 1999. Delane is a wonderful designer and I’m especially fond of this piece. I learned a lot in this class, but my favorite thing was learning how to scumble.
TIP: If you aren’t familiar with scumbling, here’s how we did it. Scumble by making two downward strokes next to each other using a large, flat brush, and one horizontal stroke under them. When you get proficient at this, you’ll come up with your own style. Work with plenty of paint, and work quickly to get a random, loose, appearance.
On this piece, we started at the bottom of the cabinet with DecoArt Jade Green. We then scumbled upwards using Silver Sage Green, then Sand, and finally Pink Chiffon. Don’t clean the brush between color changes. At the most, just wipe it on a dry towel, and use straight paint (no added water). The scumbled look should fade out by the time you reach the top of the cabinet.
Painters, if you haven’t scumbled, try it, you’ll like it!
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Susan Adams Bentley
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