Summary: To create a faux finish by ragging, roll a rag on the wet paint surface to create distinct shapes. Find out how to create a faux paint finish with a rag and a glaze with the tips on painting interior rooms in this free video from a professional home decorator.
Shana Siegel is a scenic artist and painter in the New York City area. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the State University of New York (SUNY) and has painted sets,...read more
"Hi my name is Shana Siegel here at Just Scenic creations in New York City. I will now show you how to faux finish using the technique of ragging. It's very, very simple. All you need is a rag and the glaze that you desire. Or you can use a full strength pigment. It's up to you. You can vary the kind of effect you'll get based on, you can also dip your rag in water before you use it. And that will give you a more subtle less defined effect but then you have to be very, very careful of drips, especially if you are using, if you are painting something on a vertical surface drippage beware. So what you do is you kind of smoosh the paint around a little bit, see gloves because you get so messy. So when you put your rag down you want to make sure you are not dragging it on the surface. You want to just kind of roll it around because that's what is going to give you these defined shapes. That's what ragging is. This is kind of interesting texture, sometimes they can kind of come out looking a little bit like stone, especially if you layer it with a different bunch of different layers of tones. You can come out with all kinds of different effects. Using this very simple kind of just rolling around. You can also use it subtractively too if you want to cover a surface with a brush. Maybe use a paint extender so that you can work with it for longer so that it doesn't dry. But then you can then rag off the paint that you just put on. Alright so this is what you are going to end up with, with a ragging technique while you are using similar tones. It's kind of a subtle interesting texture. It's kind of a nice finish. Not difficult to do. It has a little bit of spatter from one of our other projects so I mean if you are working on two things close to each other you are going to want to keep them separate from each other. Unless you like a little spatter on it. Yeah so this has been how to faux finish using ragging technique."
eHow Article: How to Faux Paint by Ragging
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