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| Foundation after the first couple of washes |
After it had dried for a couple of hours, I did another wash, this time of Stone Grey with a drop of Model Colour Dark Grey mixed into it, dabbing off immediately with paper towel, the same as the previous coat. Once it had dried a little I decided to start dry brushing. The first coat was Derivan Storm Grey, then I mixed a large drop of Jo Sonja Nimbus Grey into it and brushed on again. Then straight Nimbus Grey, then the Nimbus with a drop of Jo Sonja Carbon Black in it. Then another coat with more black, and another brush with the mixture after adding a drop of JS Raw Umber. Finally, I added a drop of JS Brown Earth and brushed it along the bottom.
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| Painting fnished |
I can't say that my brush work is very good - I am certainly no artist! - but it is an improvement on plain egg carton. It's very dark now however, which is the look I was going for, but I'm wondering now if it is too dark? Looking at the photos now I almost think I prefer it in the first one. Meh. Isn't it always the way! Anyway, I will leave it all to dry overnight, and then seal it with a couple of coats of matte Mod Podge tomorrow. After all, I am trying to create a haunted house, not a pretty cottage :-)
While that is drying I will decide what to use for grouting the rocks (spackle applied with a syringe?), and what colour it should be. I was originally thinking dark grey, but now I think a light grey might set off the dark rocks better.
Once the grouting is done and dried, I would like to experiment a little with gluing some flock onto the rocks as moss. If I chicken out or it looks too dreadful, I may buy some green paint (how can I not have any in my stash?) and use that as a mossy wash.
Gosh, then I might actually be able to start on the house proper, lol!
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