Decided to try something new on a basswood oval I got on clearance. Tree burned by hand. Colors are Minwax water based color series wood stain, no paint was used. I’ve done gradients with paint on canvas before but never tried it on wood or with wood stain. I think it turned out pretty well for a first attempt. I haven’t seen anyone else using wood stain this way (neither had the guys at my local woodcraft store) so I was wondering if anyone else has tried something like this and what the results were.

  • Bread@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    10 months ago

    It looks really good. However it is a bit weird to make a portrait of something out of its own flesh when you think about it.

    • ThatPigeonIsALiarOP
      5·
      10 months ago

      Thanks! Yeah it is a bit weird when you think about it lol. I actually had a similar conversation with a friend of mine, his comment was something along the lines of I’m glad you’re a woodworker and not a mortician lmao

    • ThatPigeonIsALiarOP
      2·
      10 months ago

      Thanks! I just did this piece for fun and experimenting. I do however run a very small woodworking shop and while I haven’t done something quite like this for open sale (mainly due to the amount of time it takes for this one small piece) It’s something I would consider doing in the future or taking commissions for. If you like my work and would like to see more of what I do you can check out my woodworking page on Instagram https://instagram.com/freyasforestforge

      • Stimmed
        2·
        10 months ago

        Those pride flags look awesome 👍 love the color selections!

        • ThatPigeonIsALiarOP
          2·
          10 months ago

          Thanks! The colors are all done with wood stain not paint. I did have some help from some of my LGBTQ friends when picking out colors and I had to go through a few different tests with the colors to get the right ones but I found them eventually.