Kathy Marshall
09-02-2013, 7:59 PM
Since I had the day off today, I decided to do a quick little form that I could do a little burning on.
I went with a little block of citrus wood that's been sitting around for awhile. Citrus turns very well and has a very fine grain which makes it very nice for burning in lines since the tip doesn't get caught following grain lines.
After turning and sanding, I drew the schipperke on with a pencil, then used a skew tip on my burner to burn in the outline. Then using the flat side of the skew, I shaded in the body, then using the skew tip again I burned in some lines to give the impression of fur.
Finally I gave it a few coats of antique oil then did a little hand buffing.
It's just a little baby form at 2 1/2" x 2 1/2".
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This is what a schipperke looks like. I did a decent likeness, but my artwork still needs some work.
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Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.
I went with a little block of citrus wood that's been sitting around for awhile. Citrus turns very well and has a very fine grain which makes it very nice for burning in lines since the tip doesn't get caught following grain lines.
After turning and sanding, I drew the schipperke on with a pencil, then used a skew tip on my burner to burn in the outline. Then using the flat side of the skew, I shaded in the body, then using the skew tip again I burned in some lines to give the impression of fur.
Finally I gave it a few coats of antique oil then did a little hand buffing.
It's just a little baby form at 2 1/2" x 2 1/2".
270086270085
This is what a schipperke looks like. I did a decent likeness, but my artwork still needs some work.
270087
Thanks for looking!
Comments and critiques are welcome.