Texturing ideas please

[jgs795]

Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum and this is my first time posting. I have been searching for ideas / techiniques for texturing in relief carving. I am working on a project right now that is a landscape and had grass and water shown. I am trying to find a good way to create texture to add some detail but I've been striking out. Does anyone have any ideas or websites that may show some tricks?

Thanks ahead of time.

[Dagwood]

well i'll stab at this scene no one else has.. texturing as you have refered to in grass or water may not be the same as im thinking. these areas i usually see carved. however i have seen texturing tools made from the nail heads of large nails. (20 penny) they took a hack saw and cut groves onto the head turned it over an presto.. texturing tool... anyways hope this may help...if not you will have a nail to hang a hugh photo in your liveing room

[BRIAN D]

Tandy Leather has tools that are made for tooling leather, but can be used on some woods, depends on what your looking for in texture idea. I've used a number of them. you can create clumps of grass just with a vee tool, small shrubs. What do you want?