Renaissance-style Guitar Paint Job
Posted: 2005-03-17 11:20am
Following a thought from this thread, I've gotten an amazing idea that I need help sorting out.
Renaissance artists apparently mixed tiny fragments of glass with their paints to make the colors appear to glow. I was thinking that if this technique were replicated in the painting of other things, namely guitar bodies, what the effects might be.
I'm hung up on the logistics, though. I think ground glass would do a number on the inner workings of an airbrush, so I might have to brush it on. The trick with that would be getting the coating to be even.
Another thought just occurred to me: What if I were to, say, stain the body, and then mix the glass fragments with a clear laquer? Would it have the same effect, do you think?
Renaissance artists apparently mixed tiny fragments of glass with their paints to make the colors appear to glow. I was thinking that if this technique were replicated in the painting of other things, namely guitar bodies, what the effects might be.
I'm hung up on the logistics, though. I think ground glass would do a number on the inner workings of an airbrush, so I might have to brush it on. The trick with that would be getting the coating to be even.
Another thought just occurred to me: What if I were to, say, stain the body, and then mix the glass fragments with a clear laquer? Would it have the same effect, do you think?