Painting Sponging Off

Painting Sponging Off

Painting Sponging Off

In this subtractive technique, the glaze color dominates over the base color. Drama comes from combining warm and cool colors or light and dark colors. Subtlety comes from using closely related colors (orange and yellow, or green and blue) and from compatible neutrals (white and beige). As with any glaze, you must work quickly while the glaze is still wet. To ensure wetness, work in small sections and work closely with your partner, if you have one.

1. Prep the room according to the instructions in Chapter 2, and then cut in and roll on your base coat (see Chapter 4 for details on applying a base coat). Let it dry overnight. If you want to use a pre-existing base coat, you can skip this step.

2. In a bucket, combine the other paint and glaze according to the manufacturer's instructions. Stir thoroughly with a stir stick and pour the combination into a paint tray.

3. Prepare your sea sponges by cutting them in half lengthwise with sharp scissors or a knife. Cut one of the halves in half and use the small sponges for cutting in at corners, ceiling, baseboards, and so on.

4. Put on latex gloves, dampen the sponge that you're getting ready to use, and squeeze it out into a bucket of water.

5. Start in the least noticeable corner of the room and roll on the glaze in a section no wider than two roller widths. Go from floor to ceiling, using the "M" technique.

6. Hold your sponge in your dominant hand, press the sponge on the wall, and quickly pull it off the surface in a pouncing motion to sponge off the glaze. Repeat the pouncing motion, changing your wrist position and angle of your arm to remove the glaze in a random pattern. Turn the sponge over after every five pounces. Rinse and wring out your sponge every couple of minutes.

7. Roll the next section of glaze by working from the dry area and overlapping the wet edge ever so slightly. Repeat the pouncing off motion from the previous step. Step back and analyze your work as you go. Use clean, damp sponges to rework over sections to create pleasing effects that are random in pattern but consistent with respect to the amount of glaze being subtracted. Continue around the room.

Combine sponging off and sponging on techniques. After you sponge off your glaze, you can sponge on some sheer glaze in a metallic or light shade to create gleaming highlights.

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