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How to Paint Using Sponge on Faux Brick Walls: Create Realistic-Looking Faux Bricks with Ease

  • October 13, 2022
  • Perla Irish
How to Sponge Paint Faux Brick Walls
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  1. How to Sponge Paint Faux Brick Walls
  2. Preparation
  3. Sponging On the Faux Bricks
  4. Adding Mortar Detail
  5. Adding More Texture
    1. Sources
    2. Image Credits
The question of how to paint using a sponge on faux brick walls is not as difficult to answer as you would first think. How to draw up a realistic-looking faux brick pattern, along with the easy method of using a sponge to create a realistic-looking faux brick wall, is shared in this guide.

How to Sponge Paint Faux Brick Walls

Wondering how to paint using the sponge on faux brick walls? This guide on painting faux brick using a sponge will show you that it’s a simple faux paint technique to master.

Preparation

The most effective way to use the faux brick technique is in a small section in the corner of a room, or around a window frame. It should look as if the plaster has come off the walls, leaving the faux brick exposed underneath.

You can of course choose to cover more of a wall than this, but don’t be too ambitious in the size of the area; a small section of wall works best.

Draw a rough outline in pencil on the wall where you want the faux brick to be. Paint over this area with a warm paint wash: dilute equal parts water to a brown, red, and orange mixed paint. Swirl the paint onto the walls to create a warm color, and start building up texture.

Sponging On the Faux Bricks

Cut a regular sponge to the dimensions of the side of a brick (approx 8.5″x 2.5″/215mmx65mm) to create your stamp. Think about what kind of brick color you want to achieve.

A dollhouse with perfect red clay, or a more rustic brick with lots of added texture, are popular choices. Please note: the images in this section are designed as a visual aid to help you with this decision, and are not the result of faux brick painting.

For the red clay effect, mix together red, brown, and a touch of yellow ochre. Using a picture as a guide, add extra colors as you need them to create the realistic-looking faux brick paint color.

Brickwall texture faux brick painting guide

For a more sand-colored faux brick wall, start with a mix of burnt sienna and yellow ochre with a bit of brown, and add extra colors if needed. Adding brown to darken, or cream to lighten, will give a more natural effect than using straight black or white.

When you’ve perfected the color, pour it into a tray and dip your sponge stamp into it. Dab off the excess paint onto a paper towel until there is only a slight covering of paint on the sponge.

Press the sponge onto the wall within your pencil guideline (use masking tape if you need to). If the faux brick impression is too faint, then go over it again to build up a realistic-looking textured brick. Finish this process when you are happy with the result.

Leave space around each brick, to add the mortar detail later, as you move on sponge paint the next faux brick.


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Adding Mortar Detail

Mix up a combination of Payne’s grey and burnt sienna (grey and beige – adding white if necessary), and begin adding mortar detail between your sponged-on faux bricks, with a small paintbrush. If you are not confident in doing this, then start with a watered-down version of your color, and build it up in small strokes.

It is fine to “go over the lines,” as even the most uniform of bricks have inconsistencies. This process adds to the visual interest and texture. If you go badly wrong, then try sponging over the faux brick in that section again, even using a darker color, or adding some black (see the above red brick picture, for an example).

Adding More Texture

Faux brick wall completed, there are several ways in which you can add texture to make your faux bricks look even more realistic.

When the paint has dried, use a small piece of medium sandpaper to rub gently over the painted faux bricks. If you don’t rub too hard, it really helps to exaggerate the texture and starts bringing the faux brick wall to life.

Splattering is especially effective when used on the more rustic type of faux brick. Using any combination of paint colors, with the main color being brown or beige, is effective, and then water it down. Dip an old toothbrush in the paint wash, and run your finger over the bristles, close to your faux brick wall, to create a “splattered” effect.

You can even add faux cracks, to the outside of your bricks where the “plaster” has come off the walls.

Using these techniques will have shown you how to paint using a sponge on faux brick walls, to look so realistic, that they will trick the eye of any visitor to your home.

Sources

  • A Potted history of building materials – https://www.ecotiffin.co.uk/maintenance-repair/history-of-building-materials/
    Janet Shearer’s Trompe l’Oeil Painting Course, New Holland Publishers, 2002

Image Credits

  • Bricks-4172 – David R. Tribble: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bricks-4172.jpg
  • Brickwall texture – Aardappell: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brickwall_texture.jpg
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