[Woodcarver] Painting using linseed oil and artist oil (chat)

[Steve Klein]

Maybe you did not boil it long enough ?



Merrilee Johnson wrote:

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> Thank you for your information on how you finished your carving.  One time I 

> tried boiled linseed oil but it smelled bad and stayed sticky for months.  I 

> think I did something wrong.  It's time to try again!

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>> Dan,

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>> There have been a few of you who have shown interest on how I finished my

>> "Voyageur" carving.

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>> This is just one way to finish a carving. I'm sure if you asked one hundred

>> carvers how they finish a carving, you'll get about one hundred different

>> answers.

>>

>> Ivan gave a nice overview of various mediums; the one I'll show is using

>> boiled linseed oil and artist oils.

>>

>> When you start this process, it must be completed in one setting. You want

>> the linseed oil, which will saturate the carving, to remain in a liquid

>> state so the artists oil blends with the linseed oil rather than laying on

>> top of it. If the linseed oil is dry, the paint will lay on the surface of

>> the carving rather than becoming an integral part of it.

>>

>> Saturate the carving with boiled linseed oil until it will not accept any

>> more. Once the carving is saturated, wipe off all superficial linseed oil

>> with a rag, then use a dry soft bristle brush to remove any oil which may 

>> be

>> trapped in crevasses. Brush an area where you want to remove the trapped

>> linseed oil, and then wipe the brush on a rag to remove any liquid which 

>> was

>> collected on the brush. Continue the brush/wipe procedure until all

>> superficial oil is removed from the surface and all crevasse of the 

>> carving.

>>

>> For my palette, I use a separate cup saucer for each color I'm going to 

>> use.

>> Pour a small amount of linseed oil in the depression where the cup would

>> sit, and on the lip of the saucer squeeze a small bead of a color you will

>> be using.

>>

>> Mix a small amount of the paint with some of the linseed oil to make a 

>> stain

>> and paint the stain on the carving. Continue this until you have the 

>> carving

>> painted with all the colors desired.

>>

>> By having the carving saturated with the linseed oil, the paint will blend

>> with the wet linseed oil which saturates the carving and stay where you 

>> want

>> it without bleeding.

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>> If you want more wood grain to show in specific areas, or you want to

>> highlights, wipe some of the stain from the surface of the carving. Wiping

>> will remove some of the superficial stain, yet leave that which has

>> saturated into the carving.

>>

>> I allow the stained carving to dry for a couple of weeks before painting 

>> the

>> pupils in the eyes. Again after a couple of weeks, I used white paint on 

>> the

>> tip of a needle to put the glint in the eyes.

>>

>> When all the paint was dry, I coated the carving with a light spray of 

>> clear

>> acrylic varnish to protect the base paint.

>>

>> I like this process because the carving has color, yet you can see the wood

>> grain through the paint. Again, if you want to see what this process looks

>> like, check my web site at www.ellenwoodarts.com

>> <http://www.ellenwoodarts.com/> , click on Gallery and on thumbnail "one".

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>> You can also use this process using pure tung oil in place of the linseed

>> oil.

>>

>> Each time you used any rags in this process, properly dispose of them to

>> prevent the potential of spontaneous combustion.

>>

>> Any questions, please contact me.

>>

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>> Ev Ellenwood

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>> www.ellenwoodarts.com <http://www.ellenwoodarts.com/>

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>> ellenwoodarts at charter.net

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