Back in May, my friend Becca decided to paint some of her walls with a lazure technique which produces walls of very light pastel color with a luminous quality. It involves diluting paint many times with water and applying several coats over time to the wall with a special brush. The light will catch the color different ways depending on the angle you are looking from. There's a much better description on the websites I found through Google, such as: http://www.lazure.com/
http://www.lazurepainting.com/
http://www.lazurebylogsdon.com/
These websites have beautiful pictures of the work of these lazure artists, so check it out if you can.
The lazure painting technique is used widely in Europe to add a healing atmosphere to hospitals, etc. as well as to bring relaxation and creativity to Waldorf Schools and business conference rooms and, and of course, to bring charm and a meditative quality to bedrooms and other rooms in private homes. (My friend actually had it done mainly in her living room, front hall, and dining nook. She used yellow, green, blue, rose/crimson, and purple for beautiful effect.)
More photos of her house can be seen at my Flickr webpage: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauradeanne (also see Links to the right)
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That is beautiful. You know, I recently painted my office a deep red color, then lightly sponged on a few darker shades. It was the first creative paint job I'd ever done (more than one color!), and I got pretty stressed out along the way. So much red... Yet, when I finished, it looked great, and people often comment on how much they like my office. I'm so glad I took a chance on the new and unknown.
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