How to Paint A Room
Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode! Today, I wanted to talk with you about a really cool painting technique that will make any room feel larger and is an affordable way to make your space feel modern and chic. \n\nYou may have heard of the concept of contouring your face with make up, but have you heard of contouring your home?\nI love watching Make up tutorials on YouTube, there\u2019s something so relaxing about it. I love watching creators like Jackie Aina. Nikki Tutorials, and Tati Westbrook blend out there eyeshadow for ten minutes straight. For me, its the modern day equivalent of watching Bob Ross paint Happy Little Trees on public televisin. One of the huge trends that all these YouTubers were taking about a couple years ago was face contouring. \n\nContouring the technique of using makeup, typically foundation, bronzer, or highlight, in such a way as to accentuate or enhance the shape or structure of the face.\n\nThis practice is actually quite historical, dating all the way back to 16th century, in Elizabethan theater - where actors would exaggerate their facial characteristics so that the audience all the way in the back could understand the emotions and facial expressions, and therefore understand what was going on in the play.\n\nWhat I realized one day when I was attempting to contour my own face, is that this concept is part of something bigger, and is used in many more ways than just make up. It\u2019s literally how a oil painter gives life to an object. You can even think about the basic idea of using bold or italicized text to draw your eye to certain parts of a news article or email. It\u2019s all the same concept. And we can do this in our interiors as well - in our homes, our offices - you may even notice it the next time youre in a hotel. I think that while many interior designers do this very intuitively and almost subconsciously- I really want to really break it down for you today, so that you can execute it as well. There are actually a few different ways to approach contouring a space, because unlike a human\u2019s face, there are fewer set boundaries around what should be highlighted and what should recede. I\u2019m going to talk about this mostly in the context of guiding you on what colors and where to paint walls and ceilings in your home to get this effect, but it can extend to furniture as well, and we\u2019ll get into that a little bit. It\u2019s all about connecting spaces- elongating, maximizing light, and creating contrast. Contrast shows up in our worlds often as well - I heard chef speak about what generally makes good food, and contrast is what its all about - when you think of the perfect french fry - it has crispy exterior with and almost creamy potato interior - and experiencing both of these textures in one single bite is what creates so much joy when we ate them. But conceptually, when it comes to design, contrast seems to scare many of us away- when I talk to clients I hear them describe there ideal spaces an minimal, neutral, relaxing, soft - and a room with contrast doesnt sound like any of those things. But think of this concept as almost like a first layer of a space, almost like the underwear of the space. And I\u2019m going to talk about it with the dial turned up to ten just so we get all get a clear picture, and then I will explain how to bring it back down to your comfort zone. \n\n--- \n\nSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/softlanding/support