Paint Products:

• Base Coat
• Acrylic Glazing Liquid (Satin)
• Fluids: Transparent Red Iron Oxide, Quinacridone/Nickel Azo Gold, Quinacridone Crimson, Raw Umber
• Raw Umber Glaze
  

Brushes and Tools:

• 2 - Fitch Brushes
• Badger Brush
• Flogging Brush
• Mottler Brush
• Lining/Detail Brush
  

Painting Instructions:

Important: Golden Artist Colors provides these recipes as points of departure for exploring Golden products in faux finishing applications.

GOLDEN strongly recommends samples be created before attempting to apply these techniques to walls, some techniques will be difficult to remove or to cover at a later date.

Please contact the technical support team before application if there are concerns or questions at 1-800-959-6543.

Step 1. Base coat surface and allow to dry. For this type of wood we used a bright orange.

Step 2. Apply the Acrylic Glazing Liquid to entire surface with a Fitch brush. Using the same Fitch brush, apply Fluid Quinacridone Gold to entire surface, apply Fluid Transparent Red Iron Oxide to 80% of surface, and finish with both Fluid Quinacridone Crimson and Fluid Raw Umber in spots. Move onto Step 3 without allowing the surface to dry.

Step 3. Drag in the direction of the grain with the Flogging brush and "flog" the surface in the reverse direction. Repeat this action three times or until the color blending effect is satisfactory. Soften the entire surface with the Badger brush to create a dense, porous effect. Allow the surface to dry.

Step 4. Use Raw Umber Glaze to draw in the heart and straight grains. Variation in thickness and distance from each other is very important when drawing all woodgrain. Soften against the heart grain arches towards the center of the board. If the grains begin to smudge together, stop softening and return after the area has had more time to dry. The closer to the heart grain the straight grains appear, the tighter together they should be drawn and as the straight grains appear further away from the heart grain they should gradually be drawn further apart from each other. Soften the straight grains at a very gentle angle - they should appear long and not very wide.

Step 5. Apply the Acrylic Glazing Liquid to entire surface with a Fitch brush. Using the same Fitch brush, apply a thin layer of Fluid Transparent Red Iron Oxide to entire surface and finish with both Fluid Quinacridone Crimson and Fluid Raw Umber in a few areas. Use the Badger Brush to soften in a circular motion. Let this layer of glaze "set up" for a few minutes before proceeding with Step 6.

Step 6. Use the Mottler brush to pull out stress points in the grain by placing the tips of the bristles on the surface and gently rocking back and forth. Clean the Mottler bristles on a papertowel in between uses. Take the Badger Brush and soften each stress point in a horizontal and then vertical direction. Allow the surface to dry.