{"id":7744,"date":"2016-10-13T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=7744"},"modified":"2016-10-12T20:40:58","modified_gmt":"2016-10-13T00:40:58","slug":"paint-is-40-of-your-grade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/?p=7744","title":{"rendered":"Paint is 40% of Your Grade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7748\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-05.jpg\" alt=\"paint-05\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-05.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-05-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paint is where foam objects really come to life.<\/p>\n<p>After the letters are carved, and any distressing is added, I do a coat of gray primer. Then I fill the letters with black, wiping back excess, and do another coat of primer, with a roller.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7745\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-02.jpg\" alt=\"paint-02\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-02.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-02-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When all that is dry, I do a scumble&#8211;black and white blobs of paint, mixed on the surface in random strokes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7746\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-03.jpg\" alt=\"paint-03\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-03.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-03-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While it&#8217;s still a little wet, I soften the mix by patting with a wad of paper toweling.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7747\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-04.jpg\" alt=\"paint-04\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-04.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/paint-04-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, the black in the letters is touched up (though not too much), and I dry brush white around them to make them pop.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7750\" src=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maus-top-1.jpg\" alt=\"maus-top\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maus-top-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maus-top-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/maus-top-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My other accomplishment today: finishing the gluing on the mausoleum front.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paint is where foam objects really come to life. After the letters are carved, and any distressing is added, I do a coat of gray primer. Then I fill the letters with black, wiping back excess, and do another coat of primer, with a roller. When all that is dry, I do a scumble&#8211;black and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-month-of-spookdays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7752,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7744\/revisions\/7752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spookymoon.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}