How to Make your own Roman Clay wall application

After the pulling out the wet/ flooded carpet and dealing with drudgery when it came the disaster that hit our basement this past December, I was really to insert a bit of creativity.
This Roman Clay project idea came from a couple of inspirations. Both my travels abroad and my experience creating scenes and sets backstage in my college theater are the two reasons I felt like trying out this bold, yet warm and textural wall application.
Here is my recipe:
Fill a paint tray or bucket 2/3 of the way full with your chosen paint color (when selecting a paint color, it's ideal to go with a matte or satin finish- we are attempting to dull things down, not shine them up)
To that paint, add 1/3 joint compound.
Mix well and apply with a scrapper to the wall.
Head over to the blog all my tips and hints when it comes to completing this DIY Roman Clay project.
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[@tlit3284]

Super awesome!!!!I was looking for some videos like this! Thank you for sharing ❤

[@aprilames-kovalevskii4210]

Very nice. How do you wash the walls for spring cleaning?

[@danbenz5288]

Mix pva glue into your mix. I did all my walls with the mix you did but added pva glue as.well. It works great and acts as a primer. It did for me anyway.

[@rachelleleah]

How much pva glue did you add @danbenz5288 ??

[@danbenz5288]

About 1 cup. I didn't use exact measurements. I just eye balled it.

[@jd5787]

​@@danbenz5288hi, 1 cup of pva glue to 5l of paint? Thanks!

[@pearlperlitavenegas2023]

did it add any shine?

[@laurahalligan5525]

Awesome job. Thanks for the tutorial. Can you tell us the paint color you used from Sherman Williams?

[@heartysol]

you can find all of that over on my blog heartysol.net

[@BillyTristinandB]

What color is paint you did in the living room ? Not the bathroom

[@heartysol]

you can find that over on my blog heartysol.net

[@danbenz5288]

Also, use a trowel with rounded corners.😊

[@pattypierce8189]

Why a runded cornr trowle ?

[@dominique8438]

Did you have textured walls? I really want to do this for our fireplace but its has an orange peal texture.

[@heartysol]

Even better. The more texture the better in my book 😉

[@kateybarra4640]

Thanks for the info :D. Did you seal it with anything

[@heartysol]

Great question. I did not.

[@nielsheidner1686]

Did you sand the walls prior to applying?

[@heartysol]

@@nielsheidner1686 nope!

[@hi_devan]

Does the joint compound add more white to the paint color?

[@heartysol]

@@hi_devan a chalky effect