Solid as a Rock
Natural Rock features are showing up everywhere.
They are a beautiful way to create texture and interest for focal walls in
family rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, bed rooms, and even on the exterior. A
stunning quartz wall is featured in a home’s full interior makeover on my art
blog titled “ The 7 Year Itch”
Excavated rocks were used and some even painted for pool waterfall on the blog " Between a Rock and a Hard Place" https://swanstudiosinc.blogspot.com/2014/11/faux-painting-between-rock-and-hard.html
A drop-dead gorgeous wall was created for a master head board wall in the article " If you Live in a Glass House-Throw Stones" https://swanstudiosinc.blogspot.com/2017/06/if-you-live-in-glass-house-throw-stones.html
Today's rock feature wall, however, has its own twist... No rocks are used. They are all faux painted. Perhaps a better term , in this case, would be "Trompe L'oeil"( to fool the eye ):
Creating
faux rocks gives way to painting with different techniques and mediums Rocks come in such yummy varieties of depths and textures. Some rocks are smooth, some rough, some dead flat in finish, and some twinkle as light bounces across them. Here's a close look at the rocks:
For the “grout” a
mixture of fine sand medium, latex paint, and full body medium was troweled and
painted on. The last step for the rocks was to create a subtle shadow edge to
give an even more realistic feel. The end result--- It totally “Rocks”:
The home owner’s cat,
Sophie, loves it so much she insisted on being in the photos :
Need a feature
wall created in your own home? Contact me at Swan Studios Inc:
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