Would anyone like to pass on some tips to me about painting my plaster
of Paris scenery? I would apprecate it.

What I have found to work the best for painting plaster of paris is
acrylics. You can buy off-brand 2 oz. botlles for under a buck at most
craft stores. What I do is dilute them wih water and give thin "wash"
coats. The advatnage to that is that I vary my scenic colors gradually.
Example; I live in N.E. Pa,and the color of rock here is greatly
varied. You can have reddish rock within a few feet of grayish rock,and
all of the colors in between. Well,what I do is a few light coats of
mybase color,and then I can use diluted paints to slightly vary the
"rock". If you are not happy with it,dilute another color. Keep
trying,that is the best way I have found to learn.

Thanks to my wife who is into ceramics and plaster painting, she has turned me onto stains. You
can by them in any ceramic shop. They have all the earth tone colors. I did find however that if
you use the stain straight out of the jar that they are alittle to dark. I pour the stain in a
baby food jar and add water to thin them out. 2 parts water to 1 part stain. This also
eliminates the high cost of the paints that you buy from the hobby shops.

I found a painting done by H.Gailey in my garage and my parents told me that they had bought the painting at a second hand store over 10 years ago. This painting is over 40 inches across and about 25 inches from top to bottom. I’ve seen some of his replicas online, but I have not seen a duplicate of the painting I have. It is very similar to his other paintings; it includes a boat, some seagulls and a beach. The painting also has texture and brush strokes. As an artist I know that texture is also possible to replicate.
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