Last week, I gave you a peek at this pattern — ColorTherapy: The Ocean Room. I think of this as a trellis pattern with indeterminate Mediterranean influences. The base coat is Fine Paints of Europe H00740, a nice bruised plum color. The top coat is Benjamin Moore Caliente AF290.
At first these colors were too hot-on-hot for me, and I wanted to do the pattern in a navy blue instead of red. But my client was right about the reds and I love how sensual this is. Remember — long strokes last! Add a little sunset and mix.
- Mark Chamberlain, interior and decorative painter
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Comments (11)
Wow, that's gorgeous. It's bright without being blinding, modern without being sharp... I like how the pattern blends the contemporary candles with the antiqued table. Very, very sexy.
I love this - Did he use a stencil?
Beautiful! What I want to know is how you did it? With a cut-off pattern, traced, and then hand-painted?
I want to know it was done as well.
I've been waiting for this post as promised.
Disappointing...
Instructions, please.
Another call for instructions, though it looks to me like a stencil. I am thinking of doing something very similar in my living room.
Gorgeous! I love red on red!
Reminds me just a little of part of the mural they tend to have in the newer Chapter/Indigo stores in Canada -- the bright red text is the most beautiful bright red I have ever seen (wish they would share what the paint colour is), and they have it on a more medium-dark red. Very nice.
I love the colors together and the pattern. It's interesting how different the background color looks in the two pictures.
yes, i made a pattern. client said i want the repeat "this big" (holds up hands) we measured and i went home to start drawing. pattern was traced out in red colored pencil; i used small angle brushes to cut in the points (top of bottom photo) then an Omega 1260 brush to paint in the belly. blissfully, aura reds still only take two coats, as opposed to 4 or 5 in other paint brands w/ a deep base.
--oh, and little purple crosses were traced and painted at the very end.
Thank you, mark c. Your work is beautiful.