Hi everyone, as well as doing signs my other passion is Graining & Marbling...the picture is of a piece of plywood i have grained to look like Limed Oak!! I know that sign painters do a bit of Trompe L'oeil I have always loved visiting this site there is a huge amount of talanted members. Lots of paint flying around in which i love to see , i was wondering are there members that share an interest in the above it would be great to know.... BTW Sorry its not a sign & i applogize for the fact i can not post the picture directly onto the page,... i hope the link works....Jeremy
Here's a cabinet i grained in Mahogany , base coat an orange colour & grained with scumbles , & varnished ImageShack
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Awesome job, Jeremy; thanks so much for sharing. If I didn't know better, I wouldn't have believed it wasn't paneling. When I was a teenager, paneling was the cool thing to have in your house, so my dad did a couple rooms in our victorian house with it. It was a step above the old cabbage flowered wallpaper I hated. So I used to lay in bed and mesmerize myself with the patterns of the paneled wood. You've really outdone yourself. Actually, there's some gorgeous designs in the wood.
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Thanks Deb, i infact have alot more pictures i would love to share. graining is a real passion of mine & i am lucky to be doing it alot here in Scotland for the natural trust & historic scotland .once i learn how to upload these properly i will post a few more pics ....Jeremy
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Beautiful- the proper technique really beats any airbrushed quickie faux woodgrain, and it looks like you've mastered it. Great variations too. Now hopw about a step-by step!
(have you seen "Parry's Graining & Marbling"- not a bad book!)
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I'm impressed, good eye for detail, I'd say you have a hand up on it...
I learned graining from an ol'timer along time ago, anyway, what were we talking about? Oh yeah, graining, I've done some...
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Thanks for the reply's Mike i would love to go to Stewart Mclaren's meet , i have heard great reports of his work!! Ian ...Parry's Graining & Marbling is a great book,all the BS numbers for ground coats & great information on the techniques employed....''A step by step'' ....if i could post a few pics properly i would be more than happy to do so....i will keep it in mind. oh & while where on the subject of step by steps ..could you do one with your airbrush....you have a great talant thats for sure!! Frank...thankyou for the nice comments ..
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