@coach joe posted:I remember Jim Pollicastro writing about making images that look like they're painted on buildings by printing the image on regular paper then sanding the back side to make the paper very thin then using white glue on the back and then pressing the image into the texture of the building wall. Photos of his technique looked great.
That’s a great technique, perfected i think, by George Sellios on his amazing Franklin & South Manchester. It takes a little practice to sand it back without ripping it but, it’s a quick learn. When gluing to the building side, just run your finger nail lightly along the bricks or the clapboard so the image “sinks” more into the wall. After it’s really dry, you can lightly dry brush the image (or use chalks) the same color of the wall and it will enhance the effect of the wall bleeding through the “painted on” image.
