Faux Glazing Techniques

I would like to talk about some very simple faux painting techniques that I have been using successfully for over 20 years. Many of these techniques require a paint - glaze ratio and or water. Fundamentally a glaze is a medium which makes paint tranlucent and workable. I have several favorite means of application , for fast results over a good solid pre- existing base coat a color wash looks terrific and is almost effortless. I like to use a round car wash brush for this and blend and stipple he glaze, for a cloud like faux finish. Some times on a ceiling i will use a woolie for this finish it covers for area and also gives a nice even finish. Ragging on a glaze will give you a more defined pattern of a finish depending on how much glaze you use. I prefer a faux finish that I devised for covering bad walls or minimizing the time for a base coat. This is a "roll and faux" technique. I roll 3-4 foot sections with a light basecoat then rag wet into wet for a very mottled and heavy movement type faux finish. This has cut out an entire day of base coat painting because you are essentially basecaoting while you faux. This works well with 2 people as one will roll the other will faux paint. These are just 2 of my favorites more to come......