Is there a kind of paint that produces a flocking effect?”
You can actually paint on velvet, you know! You could could attach the velvet to your canvas and just paint away! Just buy a piece of velvet slightly larger than you canvas and wrap and staple it behind. The velvet paintings are usually cardboard backed with a very fine velvet look to them–very little nap. Velvet you buy by the yard is usually much higher quality than the velvet painting kind. I would use a stiff brush and very little paint; using the dark velvet as the shading color. I think you are looking for a velvety surface that you can paint with regular paint, right? There is a product out there called Soft Flock that you apply by spreading an adhesive then applying the fibers to make it look flocked. http://www.donjer.com/softflock/product.htm I’m just not sure that you can paint on this product afterward. I think it would ruin the “flocked” look, seeing as the product is water based. But it’s a possibil
