Dry Brushing
"If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."
- Ken Robinson
Dry Brushing
The day I discovered and mastered dry brushing was the day my pieces became interesting and unique. It's a super simple process that astounds your customers. Learn this technique and you'll go to the next level.
It changes everything and opens up doors to a more creative product.
The How-to
- Choose your paint - typically a light color as in white, but any color can be used.
- Pour just a little bit of paint onto a paper plate.
- Dip your paint brush into the paint and offload most of the paint onto a paper towel and then again on a piece of cardboard to make sure there is minimal amount of paint still in the brush. I use cardboard because it simulates the wood I'll be dry brushing.
- Swipe the brush gently across the details until the desired look is accomplished.
- After dry, topcoat.
You can also do a little "dry brushing" with more paint on your brush to gain an old-world look with metallics or to create an antiqued look. See videos below.
