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Old 09-26-2011, 07:14 PM
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This is my first attempt at a relief carving, the image is 5.5 x 7.5 x .5 inches deep. It wasn't the best piece of wood to work with but I really enjoyed trying something new and will definately be doing more relief carvings.
This was also my first attempt with oil paints. I thinned them with danish oil (not sure if that's the right way or not but it seemed to work). It seemed to cover easier then acrylics so I will probably continue to use oil when I have larger areas to cover. The only problem I came across was I painted the black first and it dried darker then I thought it would, so I had to make everything else darker to match.
I also included a before paint picture for compairison. Any comments/critiques welcome. Thanks for looking

Eric
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Old 09-27-2011, 03:47 PM
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The paint added a lot of depth. I like it.
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Looks great, Eric!

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Old 09-28-2011, 02:42 AM
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It looks good. As this is your first trial with relief carving, you have good chance to reach very good results!
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Very nice job...especially for a first attempt! The oil paint looks great on there!
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Eric, nice job! Next time you might consider linseed oil instead of Danish. Just a thought.
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Very nicely done!
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Looks cool, good job
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Eric I like it! Nice job and thank you for sharing it with us. Paul
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