Tag: videos

  • Add gilding wax and create prestigious faux finishes!

    Add gilding wax and create prestigious faux finishes!

    How to add gilding wax. That extra special something for furniture finishes. I created a quick and easy video to show how easy it is to add gilding wax. I demonstrated on a beautiful blue, ornate sideboard I have had sitting waiting for a decision on final touched. This is the photo of the sideboard…

  • Waxing and Glazing Simplified – Video

    Waxing and Glazing Simplified – Video

    Waxing vs Glazing Tutorial Waxing and glazing furniture and craft projects create a whole different dimension. Both waxing and glazing can transform ordinary surfacing into extraordinary ones!  It’s a broad topic with muddy waters but I have created a tutorial on YouTube and embedded it here for you. No time to watch now? Share on your Facebook…

  • A furniture painter’s worst fear.

    A furniture painter’s worst fear.

    What is a furniture painter’s worst fear? Have you ever invested your heart and soul into a creative piece, built something or written something beautiful and then as soon as it is complete and perfect –something terrible happens to your perfect creation? This has to be a furniture painter’s worst fear surely? It is no…

  • Video: How to scan paintings

    Video: How to scan paintings

    After a designer asked me about how to scan a watercolour. I see this question asked a lot. I thought I would make a video. I hope this makes scanning a little easier for someone. I also touch on the clone stamp tool as well.

  • Sketchbook Project YouTube Video

    Sketchbook Project YouTube Video

    Now, I finally have the hang of uploading video to YouTube, you can have a sneaky peak into a little sketchbook that took a little tour around the world via The Sketchbook Project. I filmed my sketchbook from The Sketchbook Project in 2012 when painting its cover. You can see all the pages in the…