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Create Rust and Patina Effects Mixing Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics

  • jenndubdesigns
  • Jun 13
  • 3 min read

Hello everyone! Jenn here today to share another fun way to use Perfect Paints Shimmering Matte Acrylics to create a rusty, patina effect! Join me on this creative journey as I show you how I mixed colors to create this steampunk altered embroidery loop!

Steampunk art with a winged, goggled figure on a gear, surrounded by paint jars and brushes. Background has text and gear patterns.
Rusty Patina Effect Altered Loop By Jenn DuBell

Supplies Used:

White Crackle Medium

Riverstone Texture Medium


Other Supplies:

8" Embroidery Hoop

49&Market Paper

Chipboard Gears

Copper Embossing Powder

Speckled Egg Distress Embossing Glaze

Antique Linen Distress Ink

Bling Stones

Ephemera bits

Tim Holtz Metal Embellishment Factory Tags

Art House Whimsy Digital Image

Tim Holtz Transparent Wings

White Matte Acrylic Paint

Kelly Green Matte Acrylic Paint

Industrial Text Stencil


Instructions:

Start by preparing the background. Cut an 8" circle from decorative paper. Use White Crackle Medium through a Stencil to create texture.

Stencil sheets with text like "TRAVEL," "JOURNEY," and "CAUTION" on a grid background. White jar labeled "White Crackle."
White Crackle Medium/Stencil

Once the crackle medium is dried and cracking, spray water in random areas. Add small amounts of Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paint in Espresso with the tip of a wet paintbrush. Pick up the paper and move it around to let the paint mix with water and move about the piece.

Round stencil with words like “TRAVEL” and “CAUTION” in white and gold. A paint jar labeled “2022 Espresso” is nearby on a grid background.
Espresso Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paint applied with water

Use a heat tool to dry the paint and repeat the above step using Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paint in Peacock Blue.

Next, we will mix 2 parts matte acrylic white paint,1 part Peacock Blue Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paint and 2 small drops of green matte acrylic paint to achieve a patina color.

Blue paint labeled "#1023 Peacock blue" in a clear cup with a stir stick. Set against a grid background with white and green bottles nearby.
Mixed Paint

Repeat the water/paint technique described above. Allow to dry.

Use the same stencil and Riverstone Texture Medium on the wooden loop. Once texture is dry, paint with Espresso Shimmering Matte Acrylic paint. Use a finger to rub "patina" mix over the textured areas.

A cup of turquoise paint sits inside a rustic, turquoise-tinted embroidery hoop on a black grid-patterned surface.
Creating a patina

Use a strong adhesive or hot glue gun to adhere the loop to the background. Splatter liquid embossing ink on the background and add copper embossing powder. Heat set with heat gun.

Next we will mix up a gorgeous rust color using equal parts of Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paints in Rain Slicker and Red Wagon.

Red and yellow paint jars labeled "Red Wagon" and "Rain Slicker" beside a cup with mixed red paint on a black grid background.
Rust Paint Mix with Equal Parts of Rain Slicker and Red Wagon Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paints

Once "rust" is mixed use the water technique again to add the rust to the background in small areas.

Round, textured metal plate with embossed text including "TRAVEL" and "CAUTION," in a rusted teal and copper finish on a grid surface.
Loop Adhered To Paper

Next we will prepare the chipboard gears. Use an array of sizes and designs. Paint these first with Washed Teal Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paint, then with the "patina" mix. Add splatters of liquid embossing ink and copper embossing powder and heat set.


Blue gears with a weathered, rusty texture scatter on a beige background, creating an industrial, artistic mood.
Gears Painted and Embossing Powder Applied

Arrange gears, focal image, and other embellishments onto the background as shown. Use scraps of chipboard or foam to adhere arrangement at various levels to create depth. Once everything is adhered add some bling stones painted with Peacock Blue Shimmering Matte Acrylic Paint. I also added some Peacock blue watered down to gears and loop frame.


Steampunk fairy with goggles sits on blue gears, clock showing 11:18. Rust textures, light bulbs, and "PROPERTY OF ART DEPT. 8143" text.
Finished Project Close Up View

Thanks so much for visiting and viewing my project using Perfect Paints! I hope I have inspired you to grab some of these amazing products and create something beautiful! I will be creating more to share with you soon!

Jenn DuBell

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