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

[Merrilee Johnson]

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!
Merrilee



>Dan,

>

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

>"Voyageur" carving.

>

>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.

>

>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".

>

>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.

>

>

>

>Ev Ellenwood

>

>

>

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

>

>ellenwoodarts at charter.net

>

>

>




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