I have a print of a victorian painting, on canvas, done with oil, but it lacks brush strokes, and therefore looks very "flat". I want to make it look older, and I know there are products that can add a "crackle" finish, but I can't find the products. How can I make my boring copy look a little more realistic.
2006-11-04 02:36:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
You could just use a jesso or varnish and brush it onto the painting following the brush strokes the painter would have used and it will dry and look like the paint actually has brush strokes in it.
2006-11-04 03:52:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anna M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to a craft store and pick up an ink pad called Tim Holtz's Distress Ink. Get the color called Tea Stain. Then, take a DRY 1-inch or smaller stiff paintbrush and tap it onto the ink pad several times, then go around the outer edge of the painting with it -- in a stipple effect and pounce it until you receive the effect you desire.
This is what we paper artists do to offer the look of age on our newer pieces.
Good luck!
2006-11-04 10:43:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you have the original master on computer, then you can print this onto a canvas like photo printing paper (complete with weave), then you can spray it with a shellac varnish, this will give it a slightly yellow tinge, maybe if you were to just slightly dampen one or two areas first then the shellac will peel off those areas in time
2006-11-04 10:46:03 · answer #3 · answered by Master U 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
with what ever tools you use you have to very careful because a lot of products like ntique, you are suppose to mix it with like paint first so anyways don't use aacid washes because it might ruin the paintinjg, but if you don't care then try it. You can google the stuff cause i don't know all of their names!
2006-11-04 10:45:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could get some Danish oil and apply it to the painting and then buff it off with rags....that will give it an older look.
2006-11-04 10:39:52 · answer #5 · answered by freyas_kin28 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
many large art-supply stores will sell the products you're referring to. You can get crackle-glaze, antiquing medium, etc. Be sure to get water soluble products.
Look for "Michael's" and "A.C.Moore" stores near you.
2006-11-04 10:39:10 · answer #6 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You put teabags underwater then dab them on when they get dry just put it underwater again etc.
2006-11-04 10:38:57 · answer #7 · answered by Jo ☺♫ ♥ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wait for a decade or two
2006-11-04 10:40:09 · answer #8 · answered by rocky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't really those things just come with time.
2006-11-04 10:38:39 · answer #9 · answered by rebeandphantom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋