Brown Trout n drift wood

[tnartist05]

This was alot harder to paint than I thought,seeing Ive never seen or carved a brown trout. Theres alot of different types of trout fish and even with a brown trout the colors can & do change in different parts of the USA.

I enjoyed finding and carving this trout in this olde drift wood ,I found last Dec. in the Mississippi river at Memphis.

I need to try in apply some type of finish on him now but I know the old wood wont take much of a finish around the boarders I left un carved or painted. Hes 2 3/4 X 7 inches and relief carved and painted.

Your comments as always are welcome & appreciated. Tn~

[bird carver]

Excellent job on the brook trout, I love the paint job you have done. Also on the rocks it shows depth very well. Another wonderful piece

bird carver

[tnartist05]

Originally Posted by bird carver

Excellent job on the brook trout, I love the paint job you have done. Also on the rocks it shows depth very well. Another wonderful piece

bird carver

Thank you Rob! Such a nice commitment coming from such a great bird carver as yourself! Yea had to have the rocks which did show more depth.

Thanks again for your nice comment, Tn

[Bartster]

forrest,

looks good, these are really good looking peice you are doing with all the different animals.

bart

[AlArchie]

Very nice job on the brown trout! It really looks good, and the scenery really sets it off.

You are wrong, though, about that driftwood not taking a finish. When I use driftwood for a base for a carving I seal it first with Cabot's sanding sealer followed up after that dries well, with Krylon spray acrylic. When painting only part of the carving, like you did, I use only the Krylon. I use Krylon because you can re-coat at any time. Most other finishes require that you recoat within an hour or wait 5 days.......pain in the keester. I like the satin finish, but there are also gloss and semi-gloss available. \

Try that spray Krylon, I think you'll like it!

Al

[tnartist05]

Originally Posted by wood-whittler

forrest,

looks good, these are really good looking peice you are doing with all the different animals.

bart

Being from West Tn, I had to learn about different animals and most of everything here in the mtns. Last year was the 1st time I showed any type of art work up here. I hope and think,least Im getting a little better with carving & painting the willd life here in my area now! Cause theres no riverboats and cotton fields here!! LOL

Thanks so much for noticing Bart.

[tnartist05]

Originally Posted by AlArchie

Very nice job on the brown trout! It really looks good, and the scenery really sets it off.

You are wrong, though, about that driftwood not taking a finish. When I use driftwood for a base for a carving I seal it first with Cabot's sanding sealer followed up after that dries well, with Krylon spray acrylic. When painting only part of the carving, like you did, I use only the Krylon. I use Krylon because you can re-coat at any time. Most other finishes require that you recoat within an hour or wait 5 days.......pain in the keester. I like the satin finish, but there are also gloss and semi-gloss available. \

Try that spray Krylon, I think you'll like it!

Al

Thank you Al for that information! I will give it a try!!! and I like the satin finish as well! Plus gald your liked this little trout carving!! Tn

[muskysucker]

TN, very nice job on that brown trout. You will find out that most fish look or have different color from lake to lake, stream to stream. Someone will tell you the color is wrong then the next will tell you that they caught one just like it. Very nice. Evan

[woodtrapper]

Forest, that looks like the trout in my back yard in the creek.Looks like a native speckeled trout.Almost looks good enough to eat.Great job buddy.Davy

[Claude]

Nice carving, Tn! Now, can you tell me the location of the stream where your model is living?

Claude