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Woodgraining Backgrounds
Creating Wood Pores
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Good woodgraining usually requires two layers, a "background" layer of wood pores and a primary grain layer. The backgound layer is usually done first and it should be light. Stretch the glaze out when you apply it, that will keep this layer light.
Combed Background
Apply the glaze in the direction of the wood grain, and stretch it out. Drag out the glaze with a dry brush.
Comb out the whole surface in a "W" pattern using the fine tooth edge of the triangle rubber comb.
Fine Flogged Background
Apply the glaze in the direction of the wood grain, and stretch it out. Drag out the glaze with a dry brush
Flog the glaze with a flogger then follow up with the whisking brush.
Whisk the surface in a "W" pattern. This will align the flogging into short parallel broken lines. This is a good background already without check rolling.
Check roll the whole surface.
Note: the check rolling can follow the wood grain direction or it may veer off to one side or the other..
Simple Dry Brush-Dragged Background
This is a simple background which is used when not much of the background is going to show under the primary graining. There is no sense in taking enormous amounts of time doing an elaborate background when most of it will be covered up. Tight brush grained wood grain shows very little background, the simple dragged background is ideal for that type of primary wood grain.
