Family Handyman: A fresh lick of paint is an easy, economical way to give your tired walls a makeover. You can achieve a trendy, unique, textured finish while also economically covering imperfections in your older homes plastered walls. Fortunately, you don’t have to stock up on sponges or rely on pros using a trowel or sprayer to achieve the finish you want. You can DIY!
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I have always been interested in painting, but I do not have much scenic painting experience. Due to this, this was an interesting article for me to read. I had no idea how many different types of rollers there are and how much they can affect the end result. I originally thought that there was just one type of roller made with the same thing. It is quite exciting to learn that there is such a thing as a decorative art roller that has certain designs on it. That sounds like something that I would love to try and play around with. I wonder if we use these types of rollers in the industry. Reading this article also made me realize how much I already do know about painting. I know that it is possible to play with your texture and that it is important to test and prep your work. I hope that I can continue to learn more about scenic painting in CMU, especially when it comes to learning how to achieve certain textures and patterns with paint.
Painting has always been something that I am bad at, but I really want to be good at it. I paint for fun only a couple of times a year probably, so I am excited to hopefully explore this medium more during my years in college. This article brought up many points about painting that I had never thought about and would certainly be very beneficial for scenic painting. I did not realize how many different materials rollers could be made from. Each different material that the roller is made of could lend itself better to a certain desired appearance of the painting or to a different type of paint that is used. I also did not know that rollered could come with different patterns on them. I am sure this would be very useful when painting large set pieces that need a uniform look to them. Another thing that I never thought to consider is that the roller absorbs a lot of paint which would affect the application process.
Before reading this article, I didn’t know that there were so many different types of rollers that can be used to paint walls in different textures! I think these rollers would be interesting to use in different patterns together, and I really want to experiment and play around with them to see what interesting patterns I can create. While it is easier to use rollers, you get a repetitive pattern throughout, and if you are painting a bigger wall, it might get a bit boring, which is why some people may prefer doing it by hand, and getting a more random pattern. I think it would be cool to implement this on a larger scale by using it in scenic painting, but when I took paints, it was much better to create 3D images based using 2D painting and that was also really cool to learn about. I didn’t think that painting bricks were that hard, but after experiencing it for myself in my paints mini, it was much more difficult than I thought I would be, and there was so many steps involved.
I have always been interested in painting so I like to read articles about techniques that I can file away until I need it. To be fair I do that with most things, that being said I am not the best painter. I do enjoy doing patterning sometimes but it can be tedious. I have always known that there were many different types of rollers but to be honest I am not really sure I ever actually took into account the roller when I was buying paint. Typically, the roller that was bought was just the cheapest one, which did not always do the job as well as it probably could have had we bought the right paint to go with it or a better roller for the job. Additionally, I have had the opportunity to use textured rollers before but they never worked all that well. Looking back now I would say it was probably because of the type of paint, thickness or amount on the roller. In the future I will probably be more careful when pairing paints and rollers.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE painting. I find it so therapeutic and I am always finding ways to improve how I paint and also the techniques I am using. I know that there are different types / mediums of paint one can use to create textures in paint. A trick that I know to create a medium that you can use to create a terracotta look is to take acrylic paint (it doesn’t have to be expensive, it can be pretty cheap), and mix that up with baking soda. That gives the object you are painting a grainy look just like terracotta. I also know that the roller you use to paint also can create texture depending on how much pressure you apply to the surface you're painting. These different techniques are very important for scenic painting. I say this because there are theater companies that cannot afford certain types of material that can help the set a specific look. Like if the company cannot afford to buy something that can help emulate the look of bricks, then they might have to use materials they already have, or that are considerably cheaper. Something I’ve done for creating bricks that look 3D in a sense was mix red/brownish paint with sand. This helps give the brick some dimension and texture.
This is actually very interesting. I don’t think I have ever seen a textured paint roller in my life before. I think this is a very interesting way to paint. It would be good to lay down a basic color base. Multiple layers as if we were going to have the wall end up being that color and then a single overlay of the chosen texture. THis could be perfect for scenic elements that regularly repeat over and over again. This is a fabulous way of cutting down on the amount of time that scenic painters have to spend on one flat or other piece of scenery. I also find it interesting that there are certain types of paint that would work better with textured rollers. That sort of thing never really occurred to me as a concern, I always assumed that paint will be paint and will bind itself to whatever brush or roller was dipped in it and function as intended.
To be honest, I never really knew about textured rollers like this so when I saw the title and the picture, it kind of blew my mind. It is super interesting and it makes sense that it exists, and maybe I should feel embarrassed that I didn't know about it? I would really want to try painting with something like this some day- maybe I will use it for my Spring Carnival Booth this year. I thought the tips made a lot of sense, and I definitely would've messed up if I were to use one for the first time without having read about this. For example, I would not think of the paint selection, I would assume you could use anything. I also would definitely push the roller hard against the surface and make it super undesirable, because I would think that would get the texture to fully appear like that. It makes a lot of sense that you should use gentle and light strokes.
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