DIY Fresco Wall Paint Project

Completing a DIY Fresco Wall Paint Project is perfect for adding a rustic a warm touch to your kitchen, bathroom, family room, or even your bedroom. A DIY Fresco Wall Paint Project is the perfect way to create texture on you walls that goes well with Italian decor, Southwestern décor, and any rustic warm home design you would like. You can complete a DIY Fresco Wall Paint Project in one day depending on the beginning state of your walls. One of the best aspects this DIY project is that it is very affordable. You can easily do this fresco wall project on almost any budget!

To Do the DIY Fresco Wall Paint Project You Will Need:

Painter's tape
Water-based primer
Clear glaze
3 eggshell latex paint colors
Paint tray
5" nylon brushes

If you are starting the DIY Fresco Wall Paint Project with freshly cleaned and primed walls you are one step ahead of the game. Clean primed walls are important in this fresco wall project so that your fresco technique and colors will show correctly after you apply them.

Now that your walls are ready your can start this DIY Fresco technique wall project.

The first step is to pour some of your clear glaze into the paint tray. Fill the tray up with a good amount of glaze. Pour some of each of the eggshell paint into the clear glaze. You will want to start with dark paint, and then medium paint, and then light paint. You want them to be separate in the clear glaze, so leave an inch or two between each paint color. You will find that the paints spread and they will touch eventually (or immediately in some cases). Just do not stir them together.

The next step to creating fresco walls in your home is to start dipping the paint brush first into the glaze and then into each paint color. You do want to get a little of each color onto your paint brush. You are not working with one a paint color at a time, but all of them together to create a natural look.

Now that your paint brush is loaded up you can start the DIY fresco technique. With a brush filled with paint begin applying your fresco technique with a criss cross X motion. Make medium sized X's in a 2 foot square area and then move onto the next two foot square area. Continually work from the wet edge of painted area you just finished. While paint has a tendency to dry quickly, the clear glaze should help keep your colors wet long enough to blend them to your desired look. During this step of the fresco wall tourniquet you should not over mix or over work the paint. If you continue to do X's you will blend your paint and glaze into one color. The whole point of the fresco wall look is to have a variety of colors that give depth to your flat walls.
Keep working your fresco technique along all of your walls. Once the DIY fresco wall paint project has dried to you will not be able to change how the fresco technique looks unless you paint an entire layer over it.

Once the first coat of your DIY fresco wall paint project has dried you will want to do a second layer for added depth. I highly recommend recruiting some family members and friends to help with the DIY fresco wall paint project. Buy them some pizza and put out lots of candy to keep everyone's energy up. If you need to do this project alone try working on one wall at a time. It will be less overwhelming that way! One important actor to keep in mind when you are doing the DIY fresco wall paint project is that you need to complete an entire area at once. Unlike traditional paint that you roll on, if you don't finish the trim and the corners while you are working in that area, you will never be able to come in and match it exactly.