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Brick texture technique

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What you need:

* Watercolor paper
* Watercolor paint in pans in box, the more the better
* small paint roller, about 2" wide
* masking fluid

Procedure:

1. Make sketch of wall and bricks.
2. Mask area between bricks with masking fluid (preferrably blue-colored to see difference with white paper).
3. Make paint roller wet and squeeze excess water out with fingers so that roller is just damp enough to hold paint.
4. Place roller on your watercolour box on one side and roll it in a continuous movement to the other side. Don't worry about getting your pallete dirty!!
5. Once masking fluid is dry, roll paint over the bricks in a smooth way.
6. You can follow the steps 3 to 5 again if you're not satisfied with the texture. Experiment with the dampness of the roller. The best result is to have a mixture of completely dry spots with areas of paint (small and larger).
7. Once dry, rub off the masking fluid and fill in the background and add shadows of the bricks.

Have fun!

NB: I have just completed a module focussed on creating various textures in watercolor during my weekly art class, It included cooking oil, perfume, washing liquid, cling foil, string, netting, cardboard, candle wax and many more. Let me know which one(s) you'd like to see here and I'll upload it here!
Image size
1000x858px 968.3 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Shutter Speed
1/40 second
Aperture
F/5.0
Focal Length
100 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Aug 29, 2010, 6:53:30 PM
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Zzombieluv's avatar
Awesome! This is very helpful for the painting I am working on now. I'm very interested in seeing the oil, card board, and candle wax ones most of all!