![]() Paint has extremely low VOCs so it is good for the environment and doesn’t smell. Paint does not form a skin on it when you leave the lid off – just add some water if it’s too thick Paint can be washed off your brush weeks later Annie Sloan’s web site shows how you can adapt your colors for your use Paint is flexible so you can be creative and change your mind Very little black is used so the colors can be mixed in any combination You can use it as an impasto (thickly), just leave the lid off to thicken Paint can be applied to interior or exterior surfaces and furnishingsĭistress and apply waxes to create an old world patinaĬan be used as a wash – dilute with water so when you apply paint it shows the wood grain Use on walls – for a soft mat effect or wax it for a polished plaster effect Paint can be used on any surface – literally Consider taking one of my advanced workshops to learn more about these ideas!!!! □ This will give you a cool effect when you distress the piece. OR- paint the first coat in one color and then the second coat in another. BUT don’t stop there, …mix colors with each other to create custom hues mixing Louis Blue with Paris Grey or Aubusson blue is just one pretty popular color combination. You can mix a color with old white or pure white to lighten it or with graphite to darken it. You can mix paints, though, to create new colors. This amazing “girls’ paint” requires no stripping, priming, sanding or prep at all … and boys can use it too!Ĭhalk Paint™ by Annie Sloan is so versatile that you can paint almost any surface, indoors and out, including waxed and varnished furniture, walls and floors, shutters and doors, clay and concrete pots, and iron gates and metal light fixtures. This paint is very easy to work with and allows people to be creative …” ! As stated on her website, “Annie Sloan developed her now famous Chalk Paint to answer the need she had for a paint which would have many uses from acting like limewash to looking like old painted furniture and that had a good range of colour that could be extended by the user. Visit me here and let's talk about your project.I am pleased to offer Annie Sloan’s amazing, easy-to-work-with Chalk Paint™ that is taking the country by storm. designs, is located inside Project1, in the Crossroads Center at 2012 Staples Mill Rd in Richmond, Virginia- between Amir Rugs and Crossroads Art Center.I am proud to be the Richmond, Virginia Annie Sloan Paint stockist. ![]() From high school English to a two-year position in a Honduran bi-lingual school, I now teach painting workshops and give private lessons. Teaching has been a part of my life journey as well. I've taken courses along the way, studied and practiced from books, learned from other painters, and use various mediums, from acrylics to oils to house paints to Chalk Paint®. "Truefaux," my decorative painting business, came next.walls, ceilings, cabinets, woodwork, and fireplaces in clients' homes, and of course, furniture. Necessity is the mother of invention, they say, and one sure-fire way to furnish a newly-wed home in the '70's was to paint old stuff. I am a life-long painted furniture enthusiast - and have been a decorative painter for over 25 years.
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