“Step one was a mess of paint mixed in to get a goopy brown base with a lot of texture forming. There was enough paint on the canvas for me to be able to take another small canvas and cover that as well with just like the excess (I’ll work on the smaller one at some point but it’s primed now). Step two was a rough brush to get some deeper tones in a few choice places, again just for texture, this time something approximating grains. Third step involved inventing a few techniq