Curious about how the special techniques I used to paint this frog? You can find out the details next month if you’ve signed up for email updates; I’ll explain more about it in April!
ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #89, PART 2:
A metal paint tube make a great tool! After wetting a section of this plastic-on-wet paint example, I used a corner of the crimped end to scratch out some random lines and added a little more paint to deepen them:
Next I used a craft knife to scratch out some deeper cracks:
I added a little paint to the scratched marks before I tore the section out. It varies the edge to alternate tearing up and tearing down:
Painting the torn edges was the last step. I’ll be using some of my bark pieces as a background for the frog!
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