Art - Painting Technique "Wood grain"

Step 1
Using brush strokes that radiate
downwards and outwards at the same
time
(you might just be able to see them
here),
apply a foundation colour
such as a -
yellow + a small amount of red,
giving a yellow orange,
over the entire area
where you want the wooden surface
to be.

Step 2
Using brush strokes that radiate
downwards and outwards at the same
time
in line with the ones that you did in
step 1,
loosely paint over the yellow orange,
so it shows through,
with a colour such as a -
yellow + some red,
to give an orange,
+ a very small amount of black,
to give a dark orange / brown.

Step 3
Using brush strokes that radiate
downwards and outwards at the same
time
in line with the ones that you did in
steps 1 and 2,
loosely paint over the yellow orange,
and the dark orange / brown
so they show through,
with a colour such as a -
yellow + some red,
to give an orange,
+ a small amount of black,
to give a dark brown.

                                                                                       For the dark thick lines to the left -
                                                                                       They came out a bit too dark,
                                                                                       so I laid over one coat of -
                                                                                       dark orange / brown + some water,
                                                                                       and this muted the colour.

(This was done using acrylic paint)


(c) Katherine Stuart 2014