tips fr painting a white paper to get a brownish look with coffee?

Question

actually i ant some sheets which give a very old look like they are somewhat 100yrs old so fr that i want tips on how can i paint a white sheet to get that kind of look?

Answer 1

Wipe your sheet of paper over with a cotton-wool ball dipped in cold coffee. Let the page dry - if it's the right colour, you're done - otherwise repeat this process until you get the results you want.

(Remember as the wet page dries, it will no longer be perfectly flat - this simulates very old paper)

Good luck

Answer 2

Hi:

Depending on what you want to do, if you use a paper that can be wetted without unwanted buckling like a watercolor paper, you can use diluted watercolor paints, probably you would want a color like Winsor and Newton (or Cotman brand) sepia, davy's gray (a grayer more bluish neutral), caput mortuum violet (a purplish neutral), burnt umber (orangy brownish). If you have a choice, you might also choose a paint that is more transparent than opaque. Once dry, this treatment would probably make the paper further able to accept pencils or pen and ink.

You could also use acrylics in similar colors with an extending and thinning medium, like a fluid matte medium or glazing gel. This treatment would probably not allow pencil drawing or pen and ink as well as a watercolor preparation.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

This is the best tip you will get:

Iron.

Set it to hot and go. Within seconds the paper will get that old yellow look. And it is about as real as you can get.

For dramatic effect you can dampen the paper (not soak) with very diluted milk. Dissolve some sugar for a bit more brown. Then iron. If you let the paper dry first the effect again will be different.

Experiment a little to get what you want. It will look absolutely real old.

Answer 4

First use water color paper.

Second staple or tape (use masking tape and stick in on your clothes first to reduce the tackiness) down on a board so the paper doesn't wrinkle.

Lastly I would use tea or mix your own water colors instead. Coffee is very acidic and there is no telling how it may eat away the paper over time.

FYI old paper has that old paper look because the pine tree acid in the paper chemically burns the paper over time. You could just look into speeding up the process.