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[Arthur C.]

Merle, I'm with Joe on this one. I've used QwikWood for noses and other areas when I wasn't satisfied with the wood. If you catch it right it carves like wood. When it dries completely, it's a little harder to work but still workable.

Same principle as Phil adding a piece of wood but you...

[Arthur C.]

I do stop cuts two ways on relief work. First is to use gouges (or chisels) of the sweep that conforms to the curvature of the line, generally with the mallet. The second way is using a small chip carving knife, scribing lightly and following with deeper cuts...I find this knife gives me greater control....

[Arthur C.]

Exceptional elf, Steve! Great expression, eyes well done!

[Arthur C.]

Very nice, Joe! Merle's right, you're getting downright artistic on us!

[Arthur C.]

Nice ones, Bill! I especially like the owls.

[Arthur C.]

Where do you guys get your butternut, and how's the pricing compared to basswood?

[Arthur C.]

Well conceived and executed, Steve. Well done!

[Arthur C.]

Well, Denny, cossacks are supposed to look fierce, so the eyebrows fit!...

[Arthur C.]

Sounds like you had one of "my days," Claude!

[Arthur C.]

I would like to go back to my home state of Louisiana in the late 1700s, to experience how my ancestors lived in that era...but only in the winter time...no air conditioning then!

[Arthur C.]

Well done, Randy! You do nice work.

[Arthur C.]

My great uncle was an attorney for Gulf Oil in Venezuela for many years. When he and my great aunt moved back home after decades there, all of their household goods were crated with mahogany! Apparently mahogany then and there was equivalent to our pine, plentiful and cheap.This was in the early 1950s....

[Arthur C.]

Good to have you back, Randy. We missed you, too!...

[Arthur C.]

Nicely done, Rontana! As a bonus, could we have a closeup of the handle?

[Arthur C.]

Nicely done, Joe! The whole scene has a story to tell, and the carving style and execution are very attractive.

[Arthur C.]

There is a prestain made specifically to address this problem. Minwax makes the one I use, and it does the job.

[Arthur C.]

Joe, those are very nice!

[Arthur C.]

[QUOTE=Brian T;n1166369]If your ground (the wood) is less than white, you might want to do an "underpainting"
in either white or possibly the contrasting color as did some renaisance painters.
For red walls, the underpainting is green.

Brian, if the background is painted...

[Arthur C.]

Tim, I agree with Sappy, let us see your results and comments after trying it.

[Arthur C.]

Nice carvings, Chuck. I especially like the penguins.