Aged Wooden Shakes

Woodchester Park Boathouse
Watercolour on Paper
16.5cm x 24cm (6.5" x 9.5")

Aged Wooden Shakes is the fifth topic in the Wood Grain Patterns chapter of Creating Textures in Pen & Ink with Watercolor by Claudia Nice.

I searched locally for wooden shakes (roof tiles), I couldn’t find any, so I made do with tile-stones (a traditional roofing material that can look more like wood than stone).

Stone Shed
Watercolour on Paper
16.5cm x 24cm (6.5" x 9.5")

I applied some texture to the tiles using natural sponges (I've used the technique before with stone, see Volcanic Rock, Marble and Sandstone). The dark background tone of the shed roof and ivy made it difficult to add texture in watercolour. Lesson learnt, I initially painted the boathouse roof lighter than the tone I was aiming for, so the texture is more noticeable and the resulting tone is more accurate.