HOW TO WORK WITH HYDROCAL AND OTHER MODELING TIPS -
COLORING CEDAR SHAKE ROOFS
Description of finishing techniques
Cedar Shake Roof - Shingles
Just like I finish my concrete walls, this doesn't have to be difficult. I
simply use a light ink wash and some earth tone artist's dry-pigments (or
ground chalks).
No sealer, stain with very thin ink wash. Put one or two drops of black
India ink into about an ounce (like a 35 mm film canister-) of tap water.
Simply apply with a cheap 1" wide brush.
Weather with earth tone artist's dry-pigments. Dry-pigments are very
powerful colorants added to binders (oil, gum, etc.) to make paints, chalks, etc.
They are available at larger art supply stores. You only need a little. You can
set them into the casting by applying more ink wash.
Bob Mitchell, a talented high school art teacher of Weston Connecticut, finished
this model. He took a more painterly approach.
The roof of my White Stone Church is modeled with the Cedar Shake Roof stock.
As is my Ridgway Brick Office Building, and German Colonial Farmhouse.
My Cedar Shake Roof panels are also available separately as scratch building
stocks.
C. C. CROW 's HOW TO CLINICS
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