Brush Stipple Glazing

¶ Brush Stipple Glazing. Rather novel and interesting shading is done by stippling a light colored surface with the stippling brush, using a color which usually is the same as the color of the ground coats but a little darker. For novelty effects contrasting colors can be used, one or more, for the stipple coat.

¶ The wood is painted or enameled as usual and when dry the stipple may be put on. The color used may be regular tinting colors ground in oil or in japan and thinned with turpentine, a very little linseed oil and a bit of drier. If the work is to be finished with flat varnish, wax or white shellac after the stipple glaze the color used must contain the least possible amount of oil.

¶ Mix the color quite thin and brush out a little of it on a board, piece of sheet iron or newspaper. Then with a clean, dry stippling brush pick up some of the color from the board and proceed to stipple the surface. In the case of doors and other paneled surfaces the stipple color is usually run along the borders of the panels, leaving the centers untouched. Casings and other plain surfaces may be stippled all over or only on both edges, leaving the center untouched by the stipple color. No wiping is done in this work, the color is put only where you want it. When the color is dry it may be left in that condition as finished, but it is better to at least coat it with flat varnish, thin white shellac or wax in order to make it more serviceable. When the stipple glaze is done over enamel the enamel should be rubbed dull first with pumice stone and water.

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