Imitation Antique Jacobean Oak Table Scenic Art

Wood graining effects and breaking down

We Started with a table constricted from pine and ply. We used a medium red/ brown base coat for the Jacobean Oak effect. We used files, hammers and wire brushes to distress the wood to give the effect of decades of use and abuse.

Once distressed we varnished the table to apply the wood graining effect. The grain of the wood was added with long  brush stroaks in a dark brown paint. We used a wood graining rocker sparingly, to add some knots to the wood.

To to make it look dirty, and cover areas where the paint had been taken off by the distressing, we added a wash of very dark down.

We gave the table a final layer of varnish and polished it with a dark brown, pigmented wax. 

The wax, we applied with wire wool, which bought out lighter colours by rubbing through some of the layers of paint. It collected in the gaps and scrapes on the table resembling built up polish and dirt. The wax added a depth of the colour of the wood grain effect which made it look more convincing.