Old men - work in progress...

[rkuzel]

Old men, work in progress... once is done, I'll stain and paint... acrylic I'm thinking

[joepaulbutler]

Like it, you'll keep us posted, right.

[Bob K.]

Unless I completely don't understand, I don't see why you would use stain and paint on the same project. I would choose one or the other.

[rkuzel]

Unless I completely don't understand, I don't see why you would use stain and paint on the same project. I would choose one or the other.

I use Varathane combination of wood conditioner, oil and a bit of stain to darken the wood a bit and preserver it. On this one I used a very light cherry... kind of pleased with the result.
On top I'm gonna use some gel medium, and acrylic paint.... This is what I use, I'm sure most people use one or the other but never both.

[Mottles]

Turned out really good, nice work.

[rkuzel]

Just finished painting, not dry completely, but enough for a photo.

Enjoy!

[joepaulbutler]

Bowled over, Yes those eyes definitely get you attention. Thumbs Up

[Bob K.]

Just finished painting, not dry completely, but enough for a photo.

Enjoy!

Now that I see the end result I can see what you are doing. I never heard of anyone do it that way but no one can argue with your results. It turned out terrific. The stain gives the carving a nice skin tone which is hard for most people to achieve with acrylics alone. Good job!

[rkuzel]

Thank you much... I still debate if I should paint the eyebrows as well... I'll probably do, last night I was not sure. The staining itself darkens the wood a bit and protects it from moisture, giving a nice skin tone... let aside that I am a very lousy painter...

[Nomad]

Great work! He turned out very nice!

[Nomad]

Now that I see the end result I can see what you are doing. I never heard of anyone do it that way but no one can argue with your results. It turned out terrific. The stain gives the carving a nice skin tone which is hard for most people to achieve with acrylics alone. Good job!

Bob, here is an example of something similar for a base coat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr0xzuriJi8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2nBb4DxfmE

[Bob K.]

Thanks, Terry! I've seen that video and have actually tried that method once or twice. I wasn't wild about it though, but I think my problem was that I didn't get enough of the raw sienna oil paint dissolved into the natural stain. Robert threw me off when he said he was using a combination of wood conditioner, oil and stain. Like I said in my original post...I didn't completely understand. In any case, I think I'll stick with the methods that are working for me.

[uvawyo]

The painted, stained version turned out very nice

[Nomad]

Thanks, Terry! I've seen that video and have actually tried that method once or twice. I wasn't wild about it though, but I think my problem was that I didn't get enough of the raw sienna oil paint dissolved into the natural stain. Robert threw me off when he said he was using a combination of wood conditioner, oil and stain. Like I said in my original post...I didn't completely understand. In any case, I think I'll stick with the methods that are working for me.

Yeah, same here. Maybe I will try this eventually though.

[honketyhank]

Nice job, nice result. I like it.