Old wood panels

Old wood panels:

Mask off panels. Spray with yellowish base color.



Add darker (brownish) washes until you get the degree of color you  like.



For older wood, (with washes), detail areas that may have  gotten wet over the years. If you're really ambitious you can even carve out some completely rotted out areas and detail with dark edges, like old wet rotted wood

Very nice look on the panels.

Thank you Clay for the info, but I have a question. How does the wash give you the graining effect? Is there wood grain molded into the panel that catches the wash? Or do you paint the grain with a brush?

Dave from Pleasanton wrote:Thank you Clay for the info, but I have a question.  How does the wash give you the graining effect? Is there wood grain molded into the panel that catches the wash?  Or do you paint the grain with a brush?

Dave. in this example washes were used to enhance the wood grain molded in the panels. Some of the old darker 'wet' effects were touched up with a fine brush.

Thank you for this Mr G...

Thanks Clay, Good tutorial.

Thanks Clay. I'll definitely use that technique when the grain is molded in. Sweet.

Thanks Clay. I'll file that one away for future use.

Great AND simple!  My only question is the paint.  Is it water or oil based and does any one brand work best?   The semi transparent look of the wash seems vital in not coating the yellowish (name?) base coat.

Thats genius and simple, thanks for sharing clay