[Woodcarver] Painting and Finishing

[Daniel Heine]

Good Afternoon to all,

I took a class with Phil and Vicki Bishop this past spring, and before
painting, we scrubbed our carvings with soap and water, then while the wood
was still wet,
the paint was applied. Like many of the methods described in this list, the
Delta ceramacoat paint was mixed with water according to the color.
Typically a few
drops of paint to a small cup of water. When we were finished and our
carving was dry, the colors were very pale. We then brushed on liberal
amounts of boiled
Linseed oil (be careful with this stuff), and the colors changed right
before our eyes. I know have a beautiful carving with a very nice color
'wash'. The wet wood
prevented the colors from bleeding from one are into another, and the highly
diluted paint gives it the colors to make it look realistic, bit you can
still see it is wood,
and did not come from a machine somewhere off shore.

Take a look:

http://home.comcast.net/~daniel.heine/Bishops.html

The web page is horrible, I had to use the software from Comcast, but I will
right my own in HTML when I can find the time.

Good carving and have a great weekend,

Dan Heine