Painting on wood
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you will need to apply a surface coating of some sort, as the paint's pigment and the paint itself, will be absorbed into the wood with-in a few hours.
a good way and easy way, is to cover the entire surface with "Matte Medium" this is apply white/ milky, but dries clear. or you can apply a surface coating of gesso.
oil paint can dry over night when painting on wood, masonite, cork..
acrylic paint not dries ridiculously faster, the pigment itself can be absorbed into the wood and lost forever..also as stated above you will want to sand the face of the wood with a smooth wet dry sand paper.
a nice technique for keeping the look of the 'marbled textures' is to..
1- stain the wood with a turpenoid and oil base of burnt sienna, use 90% turp 10% oil paint, use a large 2" inch brush or larger or even a sponge and cover the entire surface, should be a nice light toned colour. then let dry over night. - if you do not want to use oil, you can do the same effect with acrylics.
2- next day take 1 inch painters tape, and make a frame around the circumference of the face of the wood. what this does, for effect, after you are competed with your final painting, you can then peel off the painter's tape and it should if applied correctly, show that original wood, with stained face, with all the 'Marbling' greatness it was b4 you started.
also you will want to put the tape on first, b4 staining, and b4 coating the surface with either a matte medium or a gesso.
i suggest matte medium because it works as a great covering, and it is clear, it is great to separate acrylics from oil paints as well allowing you to use both mediums. matte medium dries as fast as acrylic does as well.. so be prepared for that.. if painting with either oils or acrylics..
keep your brushes clean.. as acrylic dries very fast, or oils just never get off the brush..
have fun!!