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Adding carvings
lostarrow:
With the shells you can see I started add in detail to the first 2 but the top is still the base coat. If you add very thin stripes of various shades of the same colour around the shell ,then blend them in with a dry brush , you get the effect of growth rings found on scallopand mussel shells.
With the leaves, I establish my base coat , add the darker colours in the crevasses,andbuild up with highlights of progressively lighter colours on the high spots. Then I go back in with a wash coat of the darker colour using my liner brush (very thin with long bristles for making fine lines) in the deeper recesses once again to blend in the shading effect.
If you were staining instead of painting, you would use a stain followed by a glaze( to darken the deeper areas. If you wanted to highlight even more, you would give a very light sand on the highest spots and then follow with the stain again. The high spots would now be stained but not as dark as the rest, giving you three shades of colour to make the carving stand out.
lostarrow:
Spray on Waterbased Satin poly to finish it up. the water base won't change the colours and the satin will keep the shine from interfering with the detail.
As a side note : the detail that can't be achieved on this small scale when using a wood like Hickory has been added with the paint. Certain things like the thin wisps of hair and facial features. Most of the face is just a slight suggestion .The mind makes up what it doesn't see,and usually makes it more appealing to the veiwers eye than if the details were there.
GlisGlis:
Really great work.
I like alot both carving and engravings.
To be honest i preferred the engravings before colouring but still a very good work
lostarrow:
Thanks. I like them without paint as well 'but I wanted this one to kind of look like the old "Figure Heads " on the front of ships. Kind of a theme thing. This one is for my daughters friend .He absolutely loves Mermaids.This is the one I did for his father last year.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,39576.msg527272.html#msg527272
........ but this is one likely more your preference.
http://www.primitivearcher.com/smf/index.php/topic,42808.msg574121.html#msg574121
Danzn Bar:
I'd have a hard time shooting something like that....
It's looks like a piece of art work
DBar
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