[Woodcarver] Painting using linseed oil and artist oil (chat)
Steve Klein
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Thu Jan 18 23:49:19 EST 2007
Joking??
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> Maybe you did not boil it long enough ?
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> Merrilee Johnson wrote:
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>> http://wwwoodcarver.com/WWWList/WWWList.html 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,
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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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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/> ellenwoodarts at charter.net
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