Faux bois?

[Aaron Pendergast]

Does anyone have any suggestions/resources to learn to carve wood/bark textures?  I've taken a few attempts but they haven't come out as well as I'd like.  

Thanks!

Aaron

[Alejandro B. Silva]

I don`t use any texture rollers but some hand made tools
look at my work here and if you like the bark then I can tell you how to do it

[Jim Wieschel]

Easiest way to get a bark texture without stamps or rollers is take tinfoil, crumple it up, open it and press into your mix.  If u want to get under peeling of the bark take a roofing nail and drag down.  Use the head of the nail.  This will tear the mix and give a natural look to the bark.  Then fine tune with a dentist pic.  I've used this technique on a lot of free hand bark/tree work.  I will post some pics to see if this is the look you are going for.

[Aaron Pendergast]

I'd love to see some pics Jim. Alejandro has been nice enough to share some of his techniques with me, but the more the merrier! Thanks!

[Alejandro B. Silva]

The nail technique is a nice one but never drag down do it upward
i will send you some pics and short video to explain a bit