Venetian Plaster: Walls with Depth

A close-up of a Venetian plaster wall. This technique involves multiple layers of lime and marble dust applied, then sanded and polished, so the wall surface is not a single flat color but has depth: the surface is smooth, almost like stone to the touch, with subtle cloud-like variations in shade and directional marks left by the trowel. At certain angles, it exhibits a soft silken sheen, while at other angles it reverts to a matte finish. The color is a warm off-white, pale ochre, or grayish-green, with very low saturation. Corners are softly rounded, without corner beads. Only a small painting hangs on the wall. Light is cast at a grazing angle to highlight the trowel marks and variations in sheen most effectively. Avoid: using the texture of flat latex paint, making the wall completely uniform without variation, using high-saturation colors, making corners sharp right angles.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面威尼斯灰泥的牆面近景。這是以石灰與大理石粉多層批塗後打磨拋光的工法,因此牆面不是單一的平面色彩,而是有深度的:表面平滑到接近石材的觸感,並帶有隱約的雲狀深淺變化與批刀留下的方向性痕跡,在特定角度下呈現柔和的絲光,換個角度又變回霧面。顏色是溫暖的米白、淡赭或灰綠,飽和度很低。轉角處是圓潤的收邊,沒有護角條。牆上只掛一幅小畫。光以掠射角度打過去,讓批刀的痕跡與光澤的變化最明顯。避免:使用平塗的乳膠漆質感、讓牆面完全均勻無變化、使用高彩度的顏色、把轉角做成銳利的直角。