techniques used - Trevor Batchelor - the decorator
Ragging - Dragging - Stippling - Sponging - Combing - Washing
Trompe l'oeil - Marbling - Graining

Colour combing is created by drawing a steel or rubber comb through paint or glaze innumerable designs, textures and patterns can be produced. This process can be used on all sorts of surfaces but lends itself to be especially attractive on panels and furniture.

 
detail of combing drawer unit was bought for £15 and was painted and combed
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