Tea stain

Trying to use Terra's (scarylady) Tea-Stain Method

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• tombstone
• painting
• halloween
• decoration
• graveyard

[snugie4usa]

Well at the end the stone looked much different with way more layers of "rain." I'm kinda torn between the look before I started with the tea-stain and the one after adding the "rain." I liked both looks a lot. I think I will make one next year without much tea-stain with a closer death date.

Now that you mention it, it makes sense that I should not have applied the tea-stain horizontally. I will keep it in mind. Thanks soo much for taking the time to watch and comment and your tutorials.

[Scaryladyvideos]

@Scaryladyvideos I noticed that this is posting my advice backward so read the second comment before the first. I also want to clarify when I said, "use much more paint". What I mean is much more tea-stain (don't add more paint to the tea-stain). Really soak up your brush with the tea-stain so it just drips like hell over the top of your stone. The only I touch the stone horizontally when I'm applying it to the top of the stone or horizontal surfaces (base).

[Scaryladyvideos]

@Scaryladyvideos Also, never go horizontally with your brush. Remember, you are copying what years and years of rain do -downward gravity.

I think it looks good now but I understand if you want to make it better. I have really good news... Just do it again. In fact, I used to repeat the tea-staining technique about four times (let dry between each coat). This just adds so much more realism and you see depth between the layers. Hope that helps and thank so much for asking my advice here. :)

[Scaryladyvideos]

First of all, your stone design and work on it is INCREDIBLE. That's one of the best stones I've seen. Second of all, your tea-staining technique is actually quite good. Here's where you can make it a bit better. First, drink a glass of wine. heheh. That way, you will loosen up a bit more and use far more paint. Really drip it on. You are more dropping paint from above and letting gravity do all the work then you are 'painting' it. Love your flinging paint on it. I'm gonna try that. Continued...