![]() Make sure to make these lines uneven on each row to give it a brick wall look. Once these dry measure out how wide you want your bricks to be and using the painters tape mark out the vertical brick lines between each set of horizontal lines. oops) Now paint in the horizontal brick lines with a darker gray. (Although apparently I must have a crooked eye since some of the lines sway off a bit. I did my best to keep them straight and even. I used some painters tape and marked out horizontal lines along the height of the board. I wanted the background to look worn and dirty.Īfter "dirtying" up my wall I decided I wanted to give the illusion of the wall being made of cement blocks. ![]() I then dry brushed lightly in some areas and not so lightly in others. Once it had a texture I could feel through the paint, I mixed my white and gray some more and made a dirtier gray. This gave the wood some texture and grain that I could use to dry brush over. To do this I took sand paper and scuffed up the wood and paint. Once it is dry I decided I wanted to make the wall look a little dirty and gritty. Using your painting tools, just brush a solid coat of gray onto the board. I had a dark gray and white so I mixed my colors to make the shade of gray that I wanted. Knowing I was making a jail cell, I decided I wanted to make the back wall of the cell a gray color like cement. ![]() It was not the size I wanted, but to keep the cost of this project down it sufficed. In my case, I used a leftover board we had laying around from an old project. If the board needs to be cut down, do this first.
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