carving clouds

[herbd]

Hi,

I saw a post re: cloud carving technique. Two carver were mentioned, Davidson and Judd??. I could not find the thread were that was explained. Where are they?

Herb

[Ron Davidson]

Go to Jan 13 2007 to the Thread New covered Bridge

[herbd]

Hi,

Is the correct date Jan 13 of 2007? I went there and there were two posts of that date but nothing on covered bridge??

Herb

[Ron Davidson]

I am sorry it should be 1/6/07 Covered bridge. If you can't find it this way go to Ron Davidson and look up all post by me and on page 4 there should be several on the covered bridge.

[doris]

herb, here is direct link to the thread you are porbably searching... Cloud Technique
and here are links to 2 of ron´s threads with covered bridge reliefs for you,
Covered Bridge
and
Covered Bridge

[Curly Early]

I read once that you needed clouds in a landscape carving to look correct, so this was my interpretation of making them. I thought it was much harder to do them then I imagined it would be. I tried to texture them too and maybe this post is how not to do them as I was so dissatisfied with the picture. I have considered carving this scene again, it came from a Fathers day card, but I also need to learn to do trees also. Done correctly, I think clouds will enhance a carving. Earl

[mark yundt]

Yes Earl I believe you are correct .I too am currently carving clouds in the relief I'm working on. I'm trying to handle mine in the style seen in early carvings. They are a bit stylized,,,but still read as clouds. That is the difficult part.
I find that if you leave them too thick the protrude too much and look like a clump of I don't know what hanging in the scene. The idea of 'cloud' I think is created by perspective rather than actually heavy carving. It seems the more I thin them out the better they look.

[Curly Early]

Mark, Glad to see you here again, my clouds were too thick, perhaps 1/2". 1/8" or less would have been plenty. My argument when carving them was to portray the Cumulo Nimbus, (big puffy) clouds, sounds like I'm trying to make excuses why mine looked so bad. Along with showing how your clouds, how about sharing how to make good looking Pine trees? Thanks for sharing.
Earl

[Ron Davidson]

It depends on what you are trying for with your clouds. In the covered bridge scene I was refering to I was trying to make the clouds cast a shadow over the scene. But in other carvings you can make them apear as a cloud formation or storm moving in. So you can't just make them thin and get by sometimes they need to be thicker thus making them apear heavier. But I have to rely on my sense of touch and sometimes you can do the same with a thin cloud just don't rule out thick clouds. like I said it is just a matter of what works for you.
Ron & Lou