[Woodcarver] using colored pencils on woodcarvings

[Gene and Darlene Bremmer]

A few years ago, I took a fish painting class out in New Hampshire from 
a fish painter/taxidermist.   He mainly puts out CD's on fish 
painting.   One of the ways we painted larger areas of fish is to take a 
dry watercolor pencil and literally scrub over the side of the fish 
where we wanted a color.   I do mean we did scribble on the fish 
reproduction. After that we took and wet a regular paper towel with 
water and rang the water out of the paper towel.   We squeezed it in all 
different until the towel was only damp.  Then we went to the fish and 
dabbed over the color we had just scribbled on the fish.   It spread the 
color so very nicely over the fish.  If it takes the color off then you 
have used too much water.   But, you can put the color right back on and 
do it over.   Now this would probably not work very well in tiny, 
delicate areas unless using a small brush.    Give it a try and I am 
sure you will have lots of fun with it.

Gene


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On 1/15/2015 10:09 PM, Earl and Barb wrote:
> I'm glad to see this discussion. I've tried colored pencils and really 
> liked the look but was frustrated with the way they go on. I'll try 
> the thinner or Liquin.
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Donna Menke via Woodcarver 
> <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com 
> <mailto:woodcarver at carverscompanion.com>> wrote:
>
>     Jim, I have used oil pencils to color wood burnings and they
>     worked very well. They are softer than regular colored pencils,
>     although good quality artist-grade colored pencils are OK.
>     You want the tooth of the wood to grab the pencil color, and bare
>     sanded wood works very well. So I would seal afterwards.
>     Staining first would pose no problems at all. Just keep it light
>     enough so that the pencil will show up.
>     Finishing with poly for oil pencil is a problem since the poly
>     will dissolve and smear the colors. I fixed this by sealing the
>     design first with the poly and then waiting until it was dry
>     before finishing the whole thing.
>     I cannot attach a photo here, bit it is part of a blog on making a
>     harp (Making the Rainbow Harp) on my web site.
>     Donna Menke
>     See my web site:
>     woodworks-by-donna
>     Donna Menke
>     See my web site:
>     woodworks-by-donna
>

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