Thursday, December 15, 2022
Top 10 Tips for a More “Rocking” Woodgrain
Guild of Scenic Artists: What’s that quote again, “Scenic Artists: Painting wood to look like wood… since forever”?
I mean, honestly, if you haven’t transformed CDX Plywood into the finest of Mahogany, can you call yourself a Scenic? Let’s say it’s kind of in our roots, and we all have apron pockets full of recipes, techniques, and cool tools for creating our faux wood effects.
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This entire concept was completely new to me. It is incredible to me what scenic artists are able to do with plywood or masonite. Looking at these pictures, particularly the picture of what appears to be a thin masonite bended over a surface is incredible. It appears to be some kind of beautiful wood, however it is a 4’ X 8’ sheet of material just laying curved. The article mentioned so many types of tools to make the lowest quality of materials (mdx for example) appear as though it is a fine mahogany. I had never heard of a rocker or comb but seeing the way it was used in the video was incredible. It looks to me like the scenic artist is essentially printing on the wood to create types of grain. I have seen the scenic artists in the shop paint and stain but never ‘print’ wood grain onto wood.
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