Learning to do wood grain

[venator]

So I've spent today practicing wood grain style dyeing.  Working with an airbrush as well as splatter and sponge techniques.  This was the first piece of leather I tried it on and I'm pretty happy with the results.

 

 

[venator]

Any feedback or advice is most appreciated.

 

[TinkerTailor]

I like it. It looks quite real. I might go over it with a really light thinned wash to cover the little bit of natural leather showing here and there. What scale is that, Like is that a piece of leather 2" by 6" or is it 2 feet by 6 feet? Cause if it is 2' by 6' the grain is too big....and you don't understand what scrap is supposed to be.....

[venator]

Haha, it's 3"x10".  I wanted to try something 3" wide because that's how wide the guitar strap I'm practicing for is.

[TinkerTailor]

Looks just about right then.

 

[CaptQuirk]

Try adding some swirls and knotholes, no wood is that nice

[Brown64]

Looks like wood to me. Good job

[venator]

2 hours ago, CaptQuirk said:

Try adding some swirls and knotholes, no wood is that nice

There's so many jokes I could make about my wood. . .

 

But honestly youre right.  It's the same thing I was thinking, I need to bust out a few knots in a darker brown colour to really make it work.

[CaptQuirk]

It could be worse, your wood could be termite riddled.

[venator]

Lol.  Well I'll try some more with some more knots hopefully today, some darker brown areas too.