Cozy wood grain

Rings, knots and grain lines for tables, shelves and cabins.

Level: intermediate. About 15 minutes.

What you need

• Three warm browns from light to dark
• A brush tip or fine tip
• Smooth marker paper

Steps

1. Lay a light base

   Color the whole plank with the lightest brown, moving along the length of the board.

2. Draw the grain with the medium

   With the brush tip, draw long wavy lines along the plank. Keep them loose: real wood is never perfectly straight.

3. Add a knot or two

   Make a small oval with rings around it and let the grain lines bend around the knot.

4. Shade the edges

   Use the darkest brown along one long edge and in the gaps between planks. It makes the boards look thick.

Practice

• Give these planks a light base and grain lines.
• Try the grain again, a little looser this time.
• Add a knot on the dashed oval and shade the edges.