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SEASCAPE Design for special wood
Robert@robgran
12 Posts
Quote from Robert on February 21, 2019, 2:31 am
This scene was designed to make best use of the natural brown border across the bottom of the piece. It suggested a coastal beach, so my wife sketched the scene, and I borrowed a little from an 1888 oil painting by iconic Australian artist Tom Roberts ¨Holiday Sketch at Coogee¨. The Timber is Black-Hearted Sassafrass, which usually has dark streaks, much prized by furniture makers. The piece is only 12.5 inches x 4.7 inches, so that made the details tiny, and took lots of slow, careful carving. The seagulls wingspan is only 0.35 inches! I used some diluted acrylic paint to colour the sea and foliage.
This scene was designed to make best use of the natural brown border across the bottom of the piece. It suggested a coastal beach, so my wife sketched the scene, and I borrowed a little from an 1888 oil painting by iconic Australian artist Tom Roberts ¨Holiday Sketch at Coogee¨. The Timber is Black-Hearted Sassafrass, which usually has dark streaks, much prized by furniture makers. The piece is only 12.5 inches x 4.7 inches, so that made the details tiny, and took lots of slow, careful carving. The seagulls wingspan is only 0.35 inches! I used some diluted acrylic paint to colour the sea and foliage.
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Ron Rotunno@rrotunno
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Quote from Ron Rotunno on February 21, 2019, 8:33 am
Very nice work Robert and well needed as I look out across the frozen snowscape that has replaced my back yard!
Ron
Very nice work Robert and well needed as I look out across the frozen snowscape that has replaced my back yard!
Ron
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Thomas Danielson@thomasp
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Quote from Thomas Danielson on February 22, 2019, 11:27 am
I'd say you captured it. It is one surprise after another, I really enjoy all you have brought into your work, the surf, the person under the tree, the yawl under full sail, the birds, the farm, there is so much expression.
I'd say you captured it. It is one surprise after another, I really enjoy all you have brought into your work, the surf, the person under the tree, the yawl under full sail, the birds, the farm, there is so much expression.
Robert@robgran
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Quote from Robert on February 23, 2019, 1:23 am
Thanks for the feedback. I was never confident that I could successfully carve a picture like this, and took a lot of time to get the perspective looking right. If I try another landscape, I will start with a much bigger piece of timber! There were a few very narrow sections of tree limbs, running across the grain, which broke off and had to be glued back on. One of the seagulls was sliced off completely by an uncontrolled cut, but surprisingly remained intact, so I glued it back on in another position. All part of the learning process.
Thanks for the feedback. I was never confident that I could successfully carve a picture like this, and took a lot of time to get the perspective looking right. If I try another landscape, I will start with a much bigger piece of timber! There were a few very narrow sections of tree limbs, running across the grain, which broke off and had to be glued back on. One of the seagulls was sliced off completely by an uncontrolled cut, but surprisingly remained intact, so I glued it back on in another position. All part of the learning process.
MaryMay@marymay
453 Posts
Quote from MaryMay on March 4, 2019, 7:17 am
Hi Robert,
That is a lovely scene and carving. I don't think I have seen or carved in Sassafras. It's surprising how much more challenging smaller carvings are. If this were twice the size that you chose, the details would be easier to carve, but it would just be a lot more wood to remove. Congratulations! I look forward to seeing more!
Hi Robert,
That is a lovely scene and carving. I don't think I have seen or carved in Sassafras. It's surprising how much more challenging smaller carvings are. If this were twice the size that you chose, the details would be easier to carve, but it would just be a lot more wood to remove. Congratulations! I look forward to seeing more!
