How To Paint Paper Mache Boxes
Instead of contrasting colors of paint use a slightly darker shade of the same blue to add painted or foam stamped designs to the lid and sides of the box.
How to paint paper mache boxes. Water colours are not waterproof and dry in a dull soft way. Keep adding paint to your paintbrush as needed. Paint in a single direction on your box. I love paper mache boxes.
It is the most popular paint for this because it dries nice and bright and it is also waterproof. October 19 2013 at 8 35 pm. Vicki i d love to spend a day being a fly on the wall in your studio watching you create. Create subtle tone on tone designs when painting paper mache boxes by coating the box in a light shade of blue paint for example.
You can also use household paint if your creation is quite large. For instance if you re painting the sides of a round box try painting up and down all the way around the box. To paint all three of these paper maché boxes quickly it took me about 45 minutes. Laura the shed by pet scribbles says.
From mache animals to boxes letters and numbers ready to decorate or decoupage with patterned papers embellishments and paints. October 20 2013 at 1 54 am. So if you re doing just one box you could quickly paint it in about 15 minutes. You ll want to make sure not to saturate the paper with paint so use a semi dry brush by dipping the brush into the paint and then removing the excess on your palette or a towel before applying to the paper mache.
Painting primitive paper mache boxes tutorial i have seen several different people show how they paint paper mache boxes and although my rendition is very very similar it is what i find easiest so maybe if there is someone out there like me this will be easy for you too. Get creative with our range of plain paper mache shapes. Because paper maché absorbs the paint so quickly the drying time is amazingly fast. I love these boxes embellished for.
Jan 11 2014 when i first began painting paper maché boxes i had to special order mine as they were not a commonly carried item in craft stores. And now that they are so popular you can find paper maché shapes in many sizes jan 11 2014 when i first began painting paper maché boxes i had to special. Again allow paint to dry between applications. And that included waiting a few minutes in between coats.
The boxes im painting today are a small set of 3 i got the idea for the olde pantry label off a box i saw on the. Run your paintbrush in 1 direction along the box so the grain of the paint looks smooth. Happily these days you can find them at the big box stores and even on amazon. You can paint on top of the paper mache like i did for these glamorous paper mache pumpkins if you use light coats for the first few layers.
If you can t eliminate bubbles in the sealer sit the bottle upside down in an old coffee mug.