Garden Sheep Shears Hand Forged 7.5 x 10 inches watercolor painting

This is an unfinished painting of a used pair of hand forged garden sheep shear.  I like the texture of the shear and it’s rustic color.  I hope I can convey that through my watercolor painting.  It is 7.5 x 10 inches watercolor on 140 lb cold press watercolor paper.  The shear itself was done by layering a mixture of French Ultramarine, Burnt Umber and Alizarin Crimson and other pigments.  It was done using layers of flat wash with some lifting on the less intense spots before the paint is dry.  All the outlines are drawn in pencil before the start of the painting.  I have also paint a very light watercolor wash for the wood grain background so I can let it all become dry and hopefully I will finish it tonight with a wood grain textrure.  Should be fun and a learning experience for me doing the wood grain texture for the background.  I have try to learn by reading books on watercolor texture but each uses their own technique and are quite different.  I think I will just try out my own and hopefully will turn out nice.