Post #570625 by Bay Park Buzzy on Thu, Dec 30, 2010 12:30 AM

The next round of staining was finished today.

I started with the logo:

Full view:

I always wondered what it would be like to do a stain painting. Figured this piece was a good one to try it on. I went for something I remember in art class we did called "atmospheric perspective." I tried a little of that techinques when i colored the relief. Here is an in progress shot after I did the furthest back stuff, and was just starting to work on the upfront stuff:

5 different shades of stain later, and it's done:
Left

center:

right:

I used a total of 8 different stain colors on this one.

On 2010-12-29 11:03, TheBigT wrote:

What are you using? Minwax Hardener? That one is basically a liquid plastic.

Yes, Minwax hardener, just on the inside of it. Kind of like extra support. And like i said, I don;t know if it does anything, but it seems to make sense to do it.

Buzzy Out!