DIY Tutorial for Wood Stained Painting

I received a ton of comments and emails about doing a tutorial on the above piece.  I am happy to share how I made the above artwork for our master bedroom, it is really simple!

What you'll need:

One large scrap or custom cut piece of wood, take note of the grain on the wood so that it is as much or as little as you want (I found mine at Home Depot)

A small scrap of wood to hang your finished art

Wood stain in any color.  (I used classic black gloss)

A paint brush and rag

A small tip paint brush

Paint for the lettering (I used white acrylic paint)

Paint tarp, or anything to protect your working surface

 First, generously apply stain onto wood with a paintbrush.  Let it sit for a couple minutes.

 Rub stain with a rag, rubbing the stain in to wood as well as taking excess off.

Let dry, I gave mine a couple hours.

 Decide on lyrics, phrase, or something personal to you or who you are making your piece for.

Using a very small brush tip begin to paint letters on.  You might want to practice this on scrap paper if you are not comfortable with it.  Also, you could use tape to help you create straight lines?  Just a thought!  My brush was a square flat brush that was only about a 1/4" wide.
(I was short on time, so I did a short phrase, for lyrics I started at the top left corner and when you run out of room, start as far over to the right that the rest of that line will fit.)

Glue scrap wood onto back with wood glue, I'm sure a hot glue gun would be fine as well.

Let cool and you are ready to hang!

Have fun and email me your finished products!  I'd love to see them!