[Woodcarver] Re: painting instructios

[Woodcarver87]

Hi Charlie,

Thanks for the extra effort and for taking care of  all the folks that
requested a copy from me by sending it through the List. I also got a great
memo from Bernie on notes he took at a couple of workshops. His notes
follow. John A

Many  carving magazine articles give painting instructions and usually
specify
a specific brand and color. I found that A.C.Moore had a color cross
reference chart
posted next to their inventory of craft colors so you could perhaps, find a
matching
color in a brand that was on sale.

bernie feinerman
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Notes from a Pete LeClair painting session at the Yankee Woodcarvers
4/1/2002

Carving should be washed   and allowed to dry before painting.
Use a dish detergent and a scrub brush to try to get the fuzzies off.

Try out the color you want on a scrap piece of similar wood

Anything white should be painted next - eyes, teeth, shirt, etc,
using thinned out acrylic paints. (the kind sold at the hobby stores
 for 0.25 to $1.00  for a 2 oz bottle)
Eyes are usually painted full strength white,

The carving should then be dipped (or brushed on heavy) into a solution
of boiled linseed oil and raw sienna oil paint. Starting point for
setting up the mixture is a quart of boiled linseed oil to an 1" of
 pigment extruded from a tube of artists paint. Mix it up, try it
out, and then adjust to suit yourself.
(I have heard that some people use burnt umber in place of raw sienna)

Let the carving soak for a few minutes (20?) and then wipe off any
excess taking care not to leave any pockets of oil mixture in any
 crevices. Be careful  with the rags  used to wipe up the solution -
they are flammable and should be dried out in open air outside your
building before being discarded in the trash.

You can wait 2-4 days maximum between soaking the carving in the
 linseed oil solution and the rest of the painting, but it is
better not to wait too long.

Medium flesh  = flesh + dab of cadmium red
Rouge
Lips = cadmium red + iron oxide
Darken shadows by brushing a thinned burnt umber
Hair = black + brown, or a chocolate, or iron oxide - take
 care to paint the hair color working away from the face.

Let the carving dry for 4 days & then wax it using Howards
 Bees wax which comes in a gel form. After the wax is on,
buff it using a buffing wheel.
(Since the class in 2002, I think Pete has found other 'wax's'  to use)
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Notes from a Kieth Morrel seminar in April 2004.

Wash the carving and start painting when it is still
damp but not soaking.
(what Kieth did was drop the carving into a glass of water, pull it out
and let it sit a bit before starting to paint. I think he was trying to fill
the wood's capillaries with moisture. why I do not remember)

As I recall, Kieth had no particular formula for how much to dilute the
carft colors, he put some drops from the bottle into a bit of water and
tried it out.

Paint the flesh colors first
(He said that putting the flesh color on first allowed him to color
eyebrows, inside of lips, etc. without worrying about getting those
colors onto the whites of the eyes, etc.)

Then paint the white of the eye, the black pupil,
the  main iris color  (light X where X = iris color) and finally put
a small ring of a dark Iris color (dark X) around the light color.
Put a tiny dot of white (using a toothpick or a hair) on both eyes
at the same point (i.e. 1 o'clock) to indicate where the eyes are pointing.

Kieth suggested using the pens (Micron) that Quilters used for getting
very lines - he used the pens for getting the stripes on pants, etc.
The pen inks are waterproof and available in many colors.

Kieth used a different antiquing solution straight from a bottle
instead of the linseed oil/raw sienna solution. Kieth said that
color charts were a bit of a nuisance when there were so may colors
available in the craft stores.

  -----Original Message-----
  From: woodcarver-bounces at six.pairlist.net
[mailto:woodcarver-bounces at six.pairlist.net]On Behalf Of Charlie Briggs
  Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 8:04 PM
  To: [Woodcarver]
  Subject: [Woodcarver] Re: painting instructios


  Hey John,
  I am going to type it in which is what I should have done from the
beginning this way they will go out to the entire list.

                   RHADIGAN PAINTING INSTRUCTIONS

  1.  AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR PROJECT, USE DISH SOAP TO SCRUB CARVING,
WITH SOAP HOT WATER. USE A DENTURE TOOTH BRUSH OR SMALL SCRUB BRUSH. RINSE
WITH HOT WATER.

  2.  AFTER CARVING IS DRY, GIVE IT TWO LITE COATS OF KRYLON MATTE FINISH #
1311 SPRAY AND LET DRY.

  3.  I USE ACRYLIC PAINT, THE CHEAP BRANDS WHATEVER IS ON SALE. USE A EYE
DROPPER, 1 DROP OF PAINT TO ABOUT 15 TO 20 DROPS OF WATER, MIX WELL IN
DIVIDED PLASTIC PALETTE. I TRY TO PAINT WET ON WET, YOUR COLORS WILL BLEND
MUCH BETTER.
  I USE MEDIUM FLESH FOR SKIN TONE, TOMATOESPICE FOR THE BLUSH & LIPS. ALL
BASE COLORS ARE PAINTED THINNED. ANYTHING LIKE EYES EYE BROWS BUTTONS
BUCKLES ARE PAINTED WITH JUST ENOUGH WATER TO MAKE THE PAINT FLOW.

  4.  AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE PAINTING, LET DRY AND GIVE ONE MORE LITE
COAT OF KRYLON # 1311.

  5.  TO ANTIQUE THE CARVING I USE (WATCO FINISHING WAX) 70 % NATURAL 305
DARK. BRUSH ON, LET STAND FOR A FEW MINUTES, WIPE OFF WITH A RAG OR PAPER
TOWEL.

  ENJOY YOUR WORK OF ART ------------ FLOYD

  THERE YOU GO GANG OF HOPE IT WORKS FOR YOU AS WELL AS IT HAS WORKED FOR
ME.
  CHARLIEB

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Woodcarver87
    To: Charlie Briggs
    Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:20 PM
    Subject: RE: painting instructios


    Hi Charlie: Nothing came through on the attachment. Can you tell me if
Floyd's handout was a written set of descriptions or did you try to send me
a photograph? Please give it another try. I have about a dozen or so people
interested in me sending along a copy of what you send me. Thanks, John A
      -----Original Message-----
      From: Charlie Briggs [mailto:cbcarver12 at optonline.net]
      Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 9:06 PM
      To: Woodcarver87
      Subject: painting instructios


      Hey John,
      I hope this comes out alright, I am not the best when it comes to
computers.
      I tied to follow Floyds instructions as close as possible.
      I really liked the finish he was able to create in all his carvings.
If you remember he had a light wash finish that aloud you to see the wood
grain thru the paint.
      The red he used on his Santa's was called 'tomatoes and spice' I found
it at Michaels craft supplies. The brand was Delta Ceramcoat Acrylic Paint,
it is not in a tube it is in a plastic jar.
      I have not decided to antique the carving or to put a wax finish on it
or not, Right now I am leaning to doing nothing else.
      I hope this has helped you out. If you have any other questions feel
free to ask.
      I hope Floyd comes back next year I really enjoyed his class.
      CharlieB
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