Faux Wood Tutorial

 Yesterday I was outside in our backyard in the raised beds digging out the weeds, when I came across some beautiful wood that has been slowly chipping away. Or maybe it’s how our deck was built. I couldn’t resist and had to take a picture. Something about it inspired me to make something.

This is what I came up with. 

Using the right tools can give you many options to make faux wood. Starting with distress watercolour card stalk emboss with 3D texture fade in lumber. Choose your favourite distress inks and blend them in to cover the surface. And your choice of which tools to use for hi lights. Picket fence is my go to. Next tear the wood grain in random sections then do a soft blend in a lighter shade on top. My go to is walnut stain. 

Making the illusion of wood chips. Watercolour card stalk emboss with 3D texture fade cracked and a few distress inks to make an intense blend. Adding highlights with distress watercolour pencils (dry colouring). Used scorched timber and wild honey. Then cut to fit the under layer part of the wood. 

Thought I’d replicate part of the wood and add one of Tim’s hardware heads and make it look like it was poking out of the wood. However, after looking at it for awhile I found it to be too much of a focal point so I grabbed some embossed wood grain from my stash and overlapped the wood piece over the hole. To make it look more authentic.

I hope you enjoyed my tutorial on how to make faux wood and it leaves you feeling inspired.

Christina