Painting the wood grain with Olesya

In this video you will see different techniques of wood grain painting (faux wood). This technique was very popular in 19 century.

#fauxwood
Title: Painting the wood grain with Olesja

[karosparrow]

I grew up with the phenomenal wood grain painting created by my European-trained Hungarian grandfather...he covered our walls with the most stunning work. I was too young to have watched him actually paint the wood grain, so I find this demo fascinating. I still have samples of his work in a portfolio...they are my treasures.

[lilithabunni]

literally making the cardboard remember the tree it came from originally 😮😮
so neat and talented

[colinmartin]

Holy crap. I don't think I could really appreciate the marble painting, but this one blew me away.

[rla]

Wow! So amazing! Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing this with us!

[robertbamford]

Extraordinary! How she must have studied wood to understand grain. It was magic to see a piece of cardboard turn into wood. And to see the plain table top turn into a book matched piece of art. Can you tell us where she studied?

[krzysztofccc]

Czyli jak się chce, to można z sosny zrobić dąb! :)
Zdrowia i powodzenia życzę

[magicgordo]

Another amazing transformation using nothing but chalk paint...

[helengvozdovskaya]

Have just watched the video that shows how you restore a Russian guitar. Thought that you are from Russia. Then saw the name Olesja. Was sure you're from Russia but with Belarusian roots. Name Alesya is Belarusian. But you speak Spanish, I guess or Portuguese. So that doesn't matter, I wish you good luck with your channel and all the best in the New Year!

[timothyball]

Very cool technique. On the tables, what was the surface? Was it wood or something else?

[pamelabraman]

Hello Ahti
Does Olesya use a clear coat between the different layers?
I have seen some artists do this to give depth to their work.