ject4:Layout 4 Annie Sloan developed her now famous Chalk Paint to answer the need she had for a paint which would have many uses from acting like limewash to looking like old painted furniture and that had a good range of colour that could be extended by the user. This is The paint to use for the French and Swedish look on furniture where the paintwork shows a patina of history. The paint is soft and easy to patinate taking wax to give it a beautiful mellow and protective finish. The colours have been inspired by European 18 th century furniture, and have been made bright and rich, bearing in mind they will be darkened with wax. On a practical note, the woodwork needs no priming, no preparation, as it will stick to almost everything – old waxed pine, melamine and varnished wood included. Knots on new wood need to be sealed with Knotting solution. Great coverage but does depend on what you are painting, but a rough guide is 13 square metres. The paint allows walls to breathe and is simple eco friendly water based paint. Wash brushes out in water. You can use the paint by diluting to show the wood grain, or layer it thickly as an impasto. It can be used inside or out on wood, metal, stone, floors and walls! There are 26 colours in the paint range from soft and pale to bright and strong. The range of colours is not large but gives you the reins to enlarge it by mixing with Old White. Use one colour, wax it, and then sand it. Particularly good where there is some interesting molding. Or a second colour can be painted in parts, or all over, then waxed, rubbed back with fine sandpaper and finished off with a coat of wax. To get he best results it is important to ensure you have given the tin a good shake or stir if you prefer. Don’t paint in a uniform direction - slap it on in lots of different directions to create a texture. If you prefer a flat finish use a synthetic brush and water down slightly ensuring that you stir well. (A patchy finish usually means paint wasn’t stirred thoroughly). You will probably need two coats if watered down. Brush in the direction of the wood to minimize brush marks. (If painting in very hot conditions add a little more water). Stippling Use a middle tone a light tone and a dark tone, you could use Old White, Country Grey and Old Violet. Stipple on the light tone and then the dark tone creates a marbled effect by then stippling the middle tone. Keep working your choice of colours taking care not too use too much of the dark tone and have a patchy finish. Finish with a clear wax then a dark wax13:00 andPage finally another layer of clear waTo create an impasto finish layer the paint thickly 13/11/12 1 painting in all directions and waiting for the paint to dry slightly between coats, in effect you are layering and dragging the paint to create texture. Great for deep colours such as Emperor’s Silk. To pick up the texture layer on the dark wax and finish with a clear wax. 1 ject4:Layout 4 To achieve a crackled paint effect water down the paint slightly and apply, painting in all directions but not too thickly. Dry with a hairdryer to create a crackled effect. Apply a clear wax then work in a dark wax. If you feel the result is a little too ‘dirty’ looking mix 50/50 Old White and clear wax and go back over. (Any of the paints can be mixed with the clear wax to create a tinted ‘glaze’. To create a washed look mix paint colour with water 50/50. Can also be used after waxing to give a softer colour finish. Wax again. Tip Old cotton sheets make great cloths. Tip A spray gun or roller can be used to apply paint just add 20% water – you can even use a mister for those hard to get to bits! Tip If you over do it with the dark wax an application of clear wax will clean the surface. Stenciling The Stencil Library and Maison de Stencil both have a great collection of stencils online. A mini sponge roller and tray is the best way to stencil. You can dribble one colour in one side of the tray and a different colour in the other side using the stencil to create random patterns. Best effects are then created by waxing, wiping and quite heavily distressing to create a very faded pattern, fabulous for inside desks, the backs of dressers etc. Tip Use course sandpaper and then wax again – try over a stippled base. The Colours Pure Quite simply a pure clean white – works well with Country Grey. Old White The colour of chalk and gesso, a soft white without pink or yellow in it. A colour, whichworks with everything. For a quintessential French look use it over Paris Grey. You can also add it to other colours to make them the exact tone for your room. Original A warm slightly creamy soft white – works well with Paris Grey. Old Ochre A soft warm neutral that can be dark waxed to make the colour of old French painted woodwork. Add Old White to make ‘Moon White’ Add 8 parts of Old White to 1 part of Old Ochre to achieve a luminous Moon White. 13/11/12 13:00 Page 1 Old Ochre works well with Scandinavian Pink and Chateau Grey. 2 ject4:Layout 4 Paris Grey This is a soft and slightly bluish grey, and is the colour most associated with painted furniture in an elegant French Chateau and of an old Swedish Manor House. It works like a dream with Old White of course or for something a little stronger try it over Arles or Primer Red! Add Old White to make ‘Tokyo’ Add 8 parts of Old White to 1 part Paris Grey to make this mellow warm soft grey. Called Tokyo because it’s a colour you see in modern architecture but it’s also perfect for painting French style furniture too. Cream under Paris Grey is a very gentle and sophisticated colour combination for the distressed French look. Old Violet used as a base makes Paris Grey look much darker and can be enhanced by using a dark wax. Country Grey This is a putty colour using greenish raw umber, and it is a really useful colour. It’s terrific on it’s own and with white, or for distressing as a topcoat with Cream or Scandinavian Pink underneath. It is generally seen as a more rustic colour good for a country look rather than the chateau. Another way to use it is to mix it in to another colour such as Chateau Grey or Duck Egg Blue to make them paler and knocked back. It also works well with Aubusson Blue and Emperor’s Silk. Duck Egg Blue A greenish soft blue reminiscent of Rococo French and Swedish interiors. It looks wonderful and fresh with Old White. Try distressing it over Chateau Grey or Louis Blue. Add Old White to make ‘Rococo’ Add 4 parts of Old White to 1 part of Duck Egg to make ‘Rococo” Add more Old White to make ‘Gustav’ Add 8 parts of Old White and 1 part of Duck Egg Blue to create a pale blue green perfect for the Swedish painted look. Versailles Soft delicate lightly yellowed dusky green that is sophisticated and gentle yet it works well with modern pieces too. This is a colour, which picks up other colours well and changes character accordingly. With pinks, creams and whites it looks back to the French Court of Versailles but with turquoise blues, duck egg blues and chocolate browns it is a sassy modern colour. Versailles also works well with Old Violet. Cream A soft pale creamy yellow the colour of clotted cream. Works well under Paris Grey or on it’s own or perhaps with Old White on edgings and details. Also works well with 13/11/12 13:00 Page 1 Scandinavian Pink. 3 ject4:Layout 4 Arles Is a yellow ochre with a hint of orange juice, add Old White for something warmer and gentler. Works well with Paloma and Chateau Grey or under Graphite or Old Violet.Looks fabulous with a dark wax over. Paloma This is a beautiful sophisticated warm Taupe with a great deal of depth, made by mixing two complimentary colours, purple and yellow with white. Henrietta A beautiful rich complex pink with a hint of lilac. It’s a sophisticated colour used in it’s full strength but with Old White added it stays an interesting colour and without being too ‘cupcake’. Henrietta works well with Country Grey and French Linen. Provence Blue green shutters in the South of France are the inspiration for this colour. Set against walls of any of the whites. Provence needs light and bright fabrics with a Mediterranean and seaside feel. Other paint colours that work with Provence also need to have the same freshness and strength. Of course a cupboard painted in Provence looks great against a wall of Old White. Add Old White to make ‘Cricket’ Add 8 parts of Old White to 1 part of Provence to create a soft English pale blue green. Antibes Green This comes from our palette from two sources – the neo classical palaces, such as the Fontainebleau Palace and in Schloss Charlottenburg in Potsdam and from the villages around Provence where countless artists have been inspired by the colours of painted furniture, shutters and doors. Emperor’s Silk This is a bright pure red like the red silk lining of a jacket, great to use as an interior of a cupboard or a drawer. Add Old White to make ‘Frangipan’ Add equal parts of Old White and Emperor’s Silk to make a strong bright exotic flowery pink. Add more Old White to make ‘Malacca’ Add 3 parts of Emperor’s Silk to 1 part of Old White to make an Indonesian inspired Pink. Emile A warm soft aubergine colour with pink red undertones giving a rich complexity that makes beautiful sophisticated lilac tones when Old White is added. It is a colour that adds a contemporary facet to the palette being a colour used by the Charleston artists as well as a colour used by Robert Adam in the 18th century after visiting Pompeii. 13/11/12 13:00 Page 1 4 ject4:Layout 4 Louis Blue A pretty pastel Madame de Pompadour blue, works particularly well when waxed with a dark brown. Add Old White to make ‘Pompadour’ Add 3 parts of Old White to 1 part of Louis Blue to make a graceful grey blue. Add more Old White to make ‘Sophia’ Add 8 parts of Old White to 1 part of Louis Blue to make a soft grey Swedish Blue. French Linen A cool neutral khaki grey inspired by bleached deep neutral pieces of French and Italian furniture. It works beautifully with gold’s and a range of rich and bright colours such as Emile and Emperor’s Silk. Chateau Grey An elegant greyed green, this is the colour found in French woodwork. Add Old White to make ‘Tamino’ Add 2 parts of Old White to 1 part of Chateau Grey to make a pale mossy green. Add more Old White to make ‘Dorset’ Adding 8 parts of Old White to 1 part of Chateau Grey makes a pale lichen colour. Greek Blue This is a warm blue without any green in it. It is a colour found throughout the Mediterranean, often faded and distressed on shutters and woodwork. It has a chalky look about it yet it is a strong colour. Add Old White to make ‘Nantucket’ Add 2 parts of Old White to 1 part of Greek Blue to get a good Cape Cod colour! Add more Od White to make ‘Cornish Blue’ Mixing 1 part of Greek Blue with 8 parts of Old White makes a seaside blue like the blue you find on traditional Cornish Blue striped mugs and old fashioned lighthouses. Old Violet Like deep Parma violets or blue lavender it is a wonderful 18 th century colour use for colouring the inside of furniture – like the lining of a jacket – or for using as the base with Paris Grey on top and distressed, it is of course wonderful on it’s own with Emperor’s silk as a contrast or Duck Egg Blue fro a more toned and cooler effect. Add Old White to make ‘Schinkel’ Add 2 parts of Old White to 1 part Old Violet and you get a greyed taupe, inspired by the great 18th century German architect. Add13:00 more Old White to make ‘Columbe’ Page 1 13/11/12 Add 8 parts Old White to 1 part Old Violet for a soft grey like the underbelly of a dove, in French ‘Colombe’. 5 ject4:Layout 4 Coco A warm greyed brown, the colour found on old French woodwork – works well with Duck Egg and Louis Blue. Graphite Graphite is a soft black made with purplish blues and brown and is not completely black. When waxed it becomes a beautiful black like dark slate. Add Old White to make ‘Gentleman’ Add equal parts of Graphite and Old White to make an elegant charcoal grey, reminiscent of a Saville Row suit. Add more Old White to make ‘Uffizi’ Add 3 parts Old White to 1 part Graphite to make a warm sophisticated grey inspired by the Florentine Gallery. Primer Red Deep red ochre is a colour found in practically every culture from Venetian Palaces to Vietnamese Temples. Red earths were plentiful and relatively easy to come by so the colour is often associated with the colour used for priming furniture and as the base coat for gilding. It is a wonderful colour on it’s own or as a base for other colours particularly when distressing. Add Old White to make ‘Venice’ Add 6 parts of Old White to 1 part of Primer Red and you will have the distinctive brown pink of Venice. Works well under Chateau Grey. Scandinavian Pink One of the traditional colours found in much Swedish furniture we use it underneath or as a colour for interiors of cupboards and drawers. Add Old White to make ‘Hydrangea’ Add 2 parts of Old White to 1 part Scandinavian Pink for the beautiful colour of dried Hydrangea, a dusky chalky faded colour. Aubusson Blue This colour is named and designed after the beautiful deep grey blue found on the classic 18th and 19th century Aubusson rugs from France. It is an elegant colour that works well with many colours as it is a dark neutral but in particular it works well with Paris Grey. It is also a colour found in Scandinavian painted furniture. New &Limited Edition Colours Olive Add Old White to make 'Lisbon' Add 8 parts of Old White and 1 part of Olive for the colour of pale olive leaves which reminds me of LISBON the beautiful capital of Portugal 13/11/12 13:00 Page 1 6 ject4:Layout 4 Antoinette Old fashioned roses and the colour of old plaster. This is a soft pale pink with a hint of brown in it so the pink is not too sweet. Barcelona Orange Think of a large ripe orange and this is the colour of Barcelona Orange. Apply dark wax and the colour becomes a luscious burnt orange. Its warmth and vivacity is a great accompaniment to neutral tones such as our greeny sludge colour, Chateau Grey or to the cool silveriness of Paris Grey as well as Aubusson Blue, its deep complementary partner. It is perfect for many interiors but particularly with the 1960’s vintage look. Florence This is inspired by the colours of the copper green mineral and semi-precious stone, malachite, and from the same family of stones as azurite and turquoise. In the 17th and 18th century it was used as a colour made with verdigris but as it is a very fugitive colour turning black with time so we are not aware of how it was used on woodwork in many houses. This rich bluish green is also used in North Africa and the Middle East and in particular Morocco. Burgundian Red A rich deep warm red the colour of dark cherries. Most of my colours are 18th and 20th century inspired but this one comes from the 19th century when the discovery of Alizarin Crimson made this colour possible for the first time to a large number of people. It is now one of the classic colours used in particular for neo-classical painted furniture. English Yellow This clean yellow was particularly popular in English 18th Century decoration inspired by hand painted Chinese wallpaper and the development of Chrome Yellow pigment. It was the first non earthy yellow and a first would be very expensive. In the 1950s this yellow became popular as a strong primrose. It can be mixed with Antibes Green to make lime green. Decoupage Plain Decoupage Start with a dry painted surface not waxed Paint on a thin layer of decoupage varnish and lay your chosen cut out image on top making sure there are no bubbles or creases. If the image that you have selected is large then dampen it slightly before laying it onto the glued surface. Paint a layer of glue all over the image and across the surface that you have already painted Leave to dry and then repeat this 3 -5 times. When completely dry wax all over using clear wax. For an aged finish use the dark wax and then a final clear wax. Leave over night and buff to shine the following day. Coloured Decoupage Start with your painted surface and glue over. Lay your image again checking for bubbles and creases. Paint over another layer of glue. Next dip your finger tip into a colour and lightly smudge it into your image where you would expect to see a flourish or blush of a colour being very frugal as you work. If you find that you have used too much paint then you can wipe it or dab it back to lighten. Then again glue in layers 3-5 times. 13/11/12 13:00dry Pagewax 1 When all over using clear wax. Again if you wanted to age the piece then use dark wax over the clear wax with a final layer of clear wax to seal. Leave on overnight and buff 7 ject4:Layout 4 the following day. Crackle Glaze This is a 2 stage process using 2 pots of craquelure. Starting with a clean dry painted surface and paint on a thin layer of step 1 craquelure. Leave it to dry then paint over a thin layer or step 2 craquelure. Now for the fun bit, dry with a hairdryer that is on a medium heat. After it has dried leave to cool for a couple of minutes. Now work dark wax and watch as your cracks appear. Leave to dry and then apply a final layer of clear wax. You can also make a coloured wax if you didn’t want to use the dark wax. Mix a drop of paint with clear wax and apply to your prepared surface. Again finish with a clear wax to seal and then leave overnight, buffing the following day. If you want a crackle glaze finish on a piece that you have decoupaged you would apply steps 1 and 2 before you wax. Gilding We are just looking at Brass leaf and Aluminium leaf here. You can of course use gold leaf which comes in many shades and does not need to be waxed, as unlike brass leaf it does not tarnish. It is of course a great deal more expensive. For the best effect gild over two coats of paint, sand lightly and apply two layers of leaf if desired. Primer Red is fabulous with brass leaf. Paint the Gold Size wherever you would like the gilding to be, (it is like liquid Sellotape!). Don’t over-brush as it dries very quickly, it will become clear when dry. Brass leaf: crinkle slightly and then dab down gently with a dry brush over-lapping if necessary. It doesn’t matter which way up you have the leaf. Brush away any overlap brush all over to create a smooth finish and then clear wax, keep waxing for a more aged look. Buff the next day. Aluminium leaf: works better if completely smooth and with a dark wax over. Lends itself to a slightly more modern look. 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