Great video... although I've heard that some people say that you shouldn't use any water based paints over linseed oil... but a lot of people do it this way, does the paint stay on well in the future?
I've changed to a pretreatment of Minwax 209 with a little raw sienna oil paint mixed in instead of the linseed oil. That tends to work better in my opinion.
Great demonstration, Blake, thanks. I've been using Strathmore palette paper in place of the glass and that works really well for me. I like mixing colors right on the paper, similar to Bob Ross' approach on his palette - a dab of this and a dab of that, with lots of water like you show, until you get the color and consistency you want. I tint the BLO prior to application and leave the skin areas unpainted.
I would recommend a midnight blue (for darker beard) or a white (old man beard) and thin it down real thin. Just put it under the cheekbones down to under the chin where you would normally have daily growth.....that usually works for me!
I usually just wipe the excess off and then paint while wet. It actually let's the colors go on more evenly and gives the carving a great look. Thanks so much for your kind comments!
Awesome video 😎. I've always told my kids Every thing in life is practice, watching your videos my carvings have improved so much I want to burn all my old ones,,. I would never, but you know what I mean.. thank you for taking the time,,
Agree! There is more that I could have done on this demonstration but hopefully it was communicated that the paint should be in washes so the grain will show through. I appreciate the kind comments!
Matt, I usually paint the acrylic washes on the carving and once finish I will spray with a lacquer like Deft. After that dries I will brush on Howard's Feed N Wax and then buff with a soft brush.
Thanks Blake, I use thin washes but wet the wood instead of using linseed oil. Do you thin the linseed oil? Also great camera angle, how do you do that?
Thanks Wayne! I actually use straight boiled linseed oil and just wipe off the excess after putting it on the basswood. As for the camera angles, I found a good camera mount on Amazon that allowed me to put the camera between me and my hands.
I will do it immediately after wiping off the excess BLO. You can paint the acrylic washes right over the wet BLO and it blends real nice on the basswood.
Sounds good! I'm sure hers look great already! I like the look that a wash gives. Plus you can shade and build up color which gives you flexibility that a carver don't have when they paint solid.
