Latest efforts.

squbrigg · #1 08-09-2005, 07:51 AM

I hope I'm not boring you folks with all these burnings, but I must have caught the bug! I'll blame it on Sue Walters great book on burning and all you nice folks, your encouragement!

I keep trying to capture the feel of the moment and the energy of the ships, I hope you like them.

I am particurlarly happy with these two efforts, I wanted to capture Bluenose's spirit and the Cutty Sark is such a magnificant ship. The sight of them dancing over the waves makes my heart soar, and makes me wish I was out there!

Bob

Ashbys · #2 08-09-2005, 08:07 AM

Wow !

Bob they are really something . Gives me an idea for another carving

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Ash

Colin_Partridge · #3 08-09-2005, 09:08 AM

Bob I always feel the same way when I post, I always think am I boring these people because I carve so fast and its always woodspirits. I never get bored at looking at your magnificent ships they are awesome. Keep posting Bob as far as I am concerned I just love to see what everyone is doing. BTW those are two fantastic wood burnings something I have been meaning to try
Colin

Ron Davidson · #4 08-09-2005, 09:14 AM

Excellent work Bob. You can almost see them moving across the sea.

AlArchie · #5 08-09-2005, 09:24 AM

You are not boring me, Bob.......great burns. You have captured the movement of sea and sky and then added those ships in, to boot! Wow! Are these your own drawings or did you use a pattern? If patterns, where can we find them? Just getting interested in pyro and these look like great (but more advanced) projects.

Al

wade clark · #6 08-09-2005, 09:39 AM

They're beautiful, Bob! Up Spirits!
Wade

Old_Gord · #7 08-09-2005, 10:16 AM

Hi Al, a great resource for pyro patterns would be the Dover colouring books, but actually any picture can be a pattern for pyrography(woodburning).

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OG

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Originally Posted by AlArchie

You are not boring me, Bob.......great burns. You have captured the movement of sea and sky and then added those ships in, to boot! Wow! Are these your own drawings or did you use a pattern? If patterns, where can we find them? Just getting interested in pyro and these look like great (but more advanced) projects.

Al

squbrigg · #8 08-09-2005, 01:49 PM

Thank you folks for your kind words of encouragement. I am having fun doing these, and there are so many ships I want to capture.

I don't use patterns, just look for old paintings, prints or photographs of the ships and sketch from that. I've been drawing ships since I was a kid in school, daydreaming about the sea instead of paying attention in class. I'll sometimes use a model I've built as a "model" to get the right "attitude" or "perspective" of a ship I'm trying to draw...... heel, pitch or yaw. There are hundreds if not thousands of old ship portraits around the world. Before photography, a captain or owner would commission an artist to paint a portrait of his ship, and many artists specialized in this art form. Some ports had better artists than others, so ships painted entering certain ports are more numerous than others. IE: Naples, Italy.

Bob

bygeorge · #9 08-09-2005, 09:48 PM

There is nothing boring about these! They are really nice. Please continue to share with us.

Pyrographer · #10 08-11-2005, 02:53 PM

Very nice Bob, your starting to get the hang of this. Just keep in mind when using other people's paintings, photos, etc that they are copyright protected. Unless you get their written permission or make enough changes in the design(legal recommendation is 75%) that you can call it your own design you are infringing on copyright. Some artists are very nice about it and will give written permission without any fees. I had one photographer charge me $50 for a photo with rights to use it for a burning. This is also true for using someone else's pattern.

This is why I use my own photos or just use part of something in a painting or photo only as a reference as part of a design I create.