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Close to the grain maybe ??
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 4:32 pm
by Jake79
Hi All
Thought I'd try out a yellow ochre acrylic paint on some tools today, I mixed a small amount of white with the ochre and thinned a dark oil to finish to weather the tool's, I was fairly pleased with the outcome....quite convincing or not
Jake
Re: Close to the grain maybe ??
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:08 pm
by Ecam
I'd vote yes.
Re: Close to the grain maybe ??
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:57 pm
by tomhugill
They look great! I was making my tool handles from cocktail sticks. Then I tried the rough sand, yellow and brown wash technique. The painted ones looked better than the wood!
Re: Close to the grain maybe ??
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:14 am
by Jake79
tomhugill wrote:They look great! I was making my tool handles from cocktail sticks. Then I tried the rough sand, yellow and brown wash technique. The painted ones looked better than the wood!
Cheers Tom..I've always looked at the tool's I paint and never seem to think they looked quite right, I tried a few diff mixes paint, washes, but this one with the ochre and dab of white and the wash looks close enough for me...I heard about the cocktail sticks but never tried.