How come?

[aulddiy]

Because some of the carvers I admire most use a burnt line on the carvings. Like border line to separate colours, I've tried it several times. The result has been not to my liking.
The burn line even if lightly done still shows through the wash.
The wood is lime, like bass and the paint is acrylic.
I'm keen to continue using this idea of the burner. Could someone give me a suggestion on how to overcome the burn showing through.?
rgds
John

[markken5889]

Hi John,

A couple thoughts - turn down your heat, or use a v-tool, or use a slightly thicker mix of paint to water.

Hope that helps - good luck!

Mark

[Claude]

Send Lynn O. Doughty a private message and ask him for details. He burns and then paints and the results look great.

Claude

[Lynn O. Doughty]

The beauty of this technique, at least from my standpoint, is that the burn line can never be covered with the type of thin washes I use. If you don't want burnt lines to show then don't burn. The only solution to hiding the lines, which would defeat the purpose of puting them on in the first place, would be to apply a primer coat thick enough to cover them. Decoy carvers do this. Unfortunately, the texture or color of the wood is hidden by the primer and the carving ends up looking like a painting. This is the reason I like thin washes as the wood shows through and the color of the wood becomes part of the applied colors.

[aulddiy]

As your one of the carvers I admire I'm sure your right. But I can n't see the lines you've burned in the photos. However its positive in the sense that I'm doing nothing wrong . That's a change.

[aulddiy]

Originally Posted by Claude

Send Lynn O. Doughty a private message and ask him for details. He burns and then paints and the results look great.

Claude

Thanks Claude