Another Day, Another
Paint Job.
Well today I finished
painting but was worried about time it would take to dry the carving and since
the paint was wet, decided to take another day and finish the sealing of the
carving for tomorrow. I added more green and then some more yellow then added
shading around areas of the sculpture as needed with the new airbrush. It is
simple in design and is functional in the painting of the sculptures. You will
also notice I added some black to the bear holding the fish as I like to work
on two or three pieces at a time when I can.
It takes longer
to get set up than it does to actually paint. You have to mix your paints and
test spray, so that the color you want is there. I try to hold true to the
colors out of the tube as I use artist oil paints and then mix thin with
thinner till I am able to spray with the airbrush. The air brush is new to me
and hope soon to get a better understanding of it as I want to do a lot more
than just my carved animals. Maybe a mural or two on the side of my office
trailer would be nice.
People often ask
what kind of a fish is it. And I tell them that it is like the fish that exist
in nature so wide ranging a species with so many interesting shapes it doesn’t matter
what kind of fish I carve, I am sure it represents something that exists in
nature as they are always finding new fish we never knew about. I recently saw
a picture of a boxfish. Yes he looks like a boxfish as the name suggests and
will include a pic in my blog for you to view. But not only does he look like a
box but he is yellow and has black polka dots all over him. If people saw me
carving something like that they would surely think I went abstract, not me but
Mother Nature has.
Look at all the
variations of butterflies and moths there are. There are so many pretty ones
out there to admire, yet in some species it seems strict rules apply. Actually
if humans were as diverse as some species we might see a more spectacular race
war than we already have. Some of this variation in species is due to
environmental influence as a species digs in and adapts itself to a particular
purpose in life’s food chain. A lot of the biological diversity has been due to
the gathering of food or the blending in or camouflage of the surroundings to
avoid detection. If that was the case in humans and since we evolved so quickly,
then one could assume that we may appear as a box of cereal so that we could
shoplift more easily and avoid detection as we go on about our hunting gathering
expeditions to the super market. Or perhaps one would appear as a freezer case.
I think I have seen a few of these walking through the aisles of the local
store.
So we’re lucky
that although we may have color differences we still have the same amount of appendages,
and are able to communicate with each other to a degree. Unless it is male and female
then we have problems, even if there are none. Just kidding folks. And it seems
when I carve one of my faces as I have at times seen people that looked like
them no matter how exaggerated they get. One time I carved this face and took
it to Hartville Flea market and this guy appeared and stared at the statue as
if he as looking in a mirror. He had the biggest grin on his face as if he had
seen that face before and he probably had many times in his life or at least every
time he looked in a mirror. He stood there smiling and at times I wish I could
have just given him the statue , and I probably should have but times being
what they are I need to sell also. All aside though, it was the greatest
feeling knowing that I touched this guy’s life and made him smile , that is
what carving is all about. It is about having fun at what I do, and seeing people’s
reaction when they view my work. There are a lot of worse things in life to do.
Anyhow until tomorrow – later folks.
These are both pics of a butterfly above i took and a moth with a wingspan of over seven inches as proof by the tape measure in the very bottom of the pic.
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