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Experimentation is one way to learn

June 5, 2021

I now know one way to create a faux verdigris finish on paper

Weeds, among the weeds, among the weeds

Day 5: verdigris

Pencil sketch—>craft paint, masking fluid—>pen—>watercolors.

P R O C E S S   N O T E S

I went in search of something as a reference image for verdigris. Google gave me the Statue of Liberty, some skeleton keys, and lots of door hardware. I then flipped through my old photos and found The Thing To Draw. 

An old garden marker poked in the dirt of a spent flower box covered in what some consider to be weeds: morning glories.

The marker had a fine patina of verdigris and to replicate this on paper, I experimented with metallic copper craft paint, masking fluid for the letters, with a film of paint dabbed on then wiped off.

Some of the results

Dark turquoise was the winner out of five possible shades for the overcoat. I dabbed some white watercolor over the dried paint and that seemed to give it a more realistic verdigris finish.

It’s all one big experiment

Finished it with watercolors and a photo of the card nestled in some weeds. 

Done. Until next time, may your paint flow freely, your brush bristles have no strays, and your blank canvas beckon you to create.

Filed Under: Art Projects Tagged With: ICAD, process notes

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Bex Hall

Her writing has appeared in various online and print publications, most recently in Kerning, a literary magazine, and in the Stories of Hope Collection in Transplant Living. Her artwork has appeared and sold through the Grayson Gallery. She blogs here about creative life and creates in Studio BE overlooking the Ohio River. Her work in progress is a memoir about the secret life of objects.

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