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LIVE ‘Shading w/ Wood Stain’ Workshop

October 15, 2015 by Bethany Sy

UPDATE! Silly me! Scheduling conflict! I’ll be doing this in the morning on Saturday instead of the afternoon. Let’s do 10am CST!

FYI friends! I will be doing a LIVE workshop of my Shading with Wood Stain using Periscope this Saturday (10/17) at 10am CST. I’ll be demonstrating the technique, sharing tips, my favorite products, and answering questions in real time. I hope you can come! It’s FREE!

Shading with Stain Workshop {Live broadcast on Periscope}

If you’re not familiar with Periscope, it’s an app for your smartphone where you can watch (or share your own!) live video broadcasts and comment too! It’s such a awesome way to connect and for me to be awkward and embarrass myself live. Should be fun! Snaps for Periscope!

If you don’t already have Periscope on your smart phone, go to your ‘App Store’ on your phone, do a search for Periscope, and Download! Once you have it downloaded, it’ll walk you through your profile and whatnot, and be sure to add @SawdustEmbryos (no ‘and’ between the words) so that can join our free workshop on Saturday.

Nick snapped this pic of me staining outside the other day. This weather has been AMAZING in the midwest, and I loved staining a little plaque for a friend’s charity auction.

Shading with Wood Stain Technique... LIVE workshop by Sawdust and Embryos

You can just come to watch, or you can stain right along with me! If you plan to stain, please be ready with the following:

  • A board or scrap wood (about 12” square? ish?)…pine or poplar are great for this technique. Be sure to sand your board till it’s smooth as a baby’s butt. Finish off with 220 grit at least.
  • Clean cotton cloth… can be a simple cut-up tshirt.
  • Can of dark brown wood stain… any brand will do. Oil-based is best for getting the hang of it, but if you’re pregnant, use water-based or wear a respirator.
  • Rubber gloves
  • Pencil

Yay! Who’s excited?! If this goes well, I might do a series and progressively make each broadcast more advanced.

If you’re not free on Saturday at 10am CST …don’t dismay! You can come back and watch the broadcast replay for up to 24 hours afterwards.

And if you’re not familiar with my ‘Shading with Stain’ Technique, click around to see some of the pieces I’ve done previously! Each image below links to a post, so feel free to click around!

Artwork on furniture using wood stain {Sawdust and Embryos} Wood Stain Artwork {Sawdust and Embryos}
Artwork using Wood Stain {Sawdust and Embryos}_thumb Shading with Stain {Gradual Staining Technique by Sawdust and Embryos}_thumb
Dining table with succulents stained on top! {Sawdust and Embryos} End-table-using-Wood-Stained-Artwork-technique-by-Sawdust-and-Embryos_thumb
Shading-with-Stain-Sawdust-and-Embryos1 Artwork-using-wood-stain...-its-easier-than-it-looks-Sawdust-and-Embryos

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About Bethany Sy

Nick and Bethany Sy are the creative free-spirits behind DIY/Lifestyle blog, Reality Daydream. They recently purchased a historic mansion and have been documenting the ups and downs of renovation and making this home their own... all while sharing tips and tutorials along the way! When they found themselves in the trenches of infertility, they started a journey that would prove to be their most important DIY project ever, and have 3 beautiful girls to show for it. <3

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Comments

  1. 6

    Kim Dagenais says

    October 22, 2015 at 12:31 pm

    I just installed periscope today, and noticed the video was last Saturday. I hope you do another video tutorial soon. I love your work, and would like to try staining some images on wood myself. Look forward to the next post.

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    themessybrunette says

    October 19, 2015 at 8:40 am

    Hopefully you will do another video soon, I would love to see this in action

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  3. 8

    Lnda J says

    October 17, 2015 at 9:58 am

    PLEASEEEEEE do a video for the blog site online. I don’t have a smart phone or any of that stuff. Yes, I am quite antiquated. But I can function on the COMPUTER!!!!

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    Nan says

    October 15, 2015 at 8:50 pm

    Argh! Will be out of town this weekend. Any chance you could post a replay for just another day or two?

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      Beth @ Sawdust and Embryos says

      October 16, 2015 at 11:15 am

      Nan, unfortunately Periscope deletes videos after 24 hours automatically. There’s no way I can keep it available longer than that. But I may do another live workshop again soon if there’s enough interest!

      Reply
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    dana dashoop says

    October 15, 2015 at 10:44 am

    WOOOOHOOO!!!!! EXCITING!!!!! I wish I had a Periscope compatible phone.. I’m so in the stone age 😉

    Reply

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