[Woodcarver] Latest St. Joseph Carving

Ivan Whillock carve at whillock.com
Sun May 6 21:54:33 EDT 2007

And how was the polychroming accomplished on the lovely St. Joseph carving?

Hi Paul,

I used artist's oil paints thinned to the consistency of a wood stain. I brushed it on, then immediately wiped it off to let the wood grain show through.. In addition to white, I used umbers and raw sienna, colors that tend to be fairly transparent and reflect the tones already in the wood. Since white is an opacifier, I do not add it to any of the other colors, and, because it is opaque, white must be applied in thin coats to keep it from obscuring the grain. I used no color at all on the flesh areas.
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And how was the polychroming accomplished on the lovely St. Joseph carving?

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From: carve at whillock.com
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Date: Sun, 6 May 2007 14:35:06 -0500
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Maura asks, "Can you please explain polychroming to me."

Hi, Maura,

It's just a term generally used in sculpture-and in other arts-meaning "multi-colored" Monochroming is applying one color, (as in staining the wood with burnt umber, for example), and polychroming is applying many colors. That's generally a bit more descriptive than saying, as is common in wood carving shows, that it's "painted." A painted statue need not be polychromed: it could be painted with only one color. Also, the term is a bit more flexible for art description purposes: polychroming (or monochroming, for that matter) can be done any number of ways, not just with paint.


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In a message dated 5/6/2007 12:07:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, carve at whillock.com writes:
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great carving and nice to see the steps. Can you please explain polychroming to me.

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