DIY Perfect Ombre Painted Furniture Tutorial
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Lagoa
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$20
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How to get a gradient with paint on wood, specifically on a lamp of our DIY collection of furniture and decoration, when you see how easy it is you are going to encourage them to make it for sure!
We make a template in paper or cardboard with one of the rods of the lamp and a pencil and we mark 3 thirds, each one will go in one of the chosen 3 colors and we will make a transition between them.
We make a template in paper or cardboard with one of the rods of the lamp and a pencil and we mark 3 thirds, each one will go in one of the chosen 3 colors and we will make a transition between them.
We paint every third of a color trying to respect those marks that we have made in the template, I think the picture clearly shows what I mean, with this type of painting is also very easy, as it is very dense.
With the brush of the darker color of the two that we want to mix and almost dry we surpassed a little that third that we had marked.
With the brush of the lighter color we do the same in the opposite direction .
With a brush without paint but wet we mix both colors, although if I am honest I did it with the fingers,
When the paint is almost dry (which is right away) Press lightly with kitchen paper blurring it a bit,
Paint ombre done!
Paint the two “skeletons” of the lamp, in this case I chose to paint them in the tone in which I had painted the rods in that area, so the top was dark blue and the bottom white, but you can play to do as you want.
Once you have made all the rods just place a glue droplet in the notches and place them in the two skeletons, the only thing you have to do is to place three without gluing them so that they work as temporary “legs” and go putting consecutively those you glue, that means side by side (if you don´t you run the risk of twisting the lamp and once glued it is difficult to take it off).
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Thanks William!! Are you ready for making your own?
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Love it!! :)
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