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General Category => Pattern Requests. => Topic started by: Pinelog on March 03, 2014, 12:37:57 pm

Title: Need a little help with a pattern
Post by: Pinelog on March 03, 2014, 12:37:57 pm

First off, the image below is legal, it was custom drawn for my cousin so no problem with me working with it.

I have a cousin who is a PhD Doctor that I want to convert this image to something scrolled.  Problem is I dont know if I want to do a fret or do it segmented.  I would like to see what you guys can do with the fret and if it is possible.

What I think would work best is scrolling out the inside lines cutting out the pattern and painting the colors on with acrylics. As you can see the eyes and face would take a bit of line magic to make it scrollable into one piece rather than segmented.

I have a full project drawn in Paint.net and have most of it worked out in the head.

Thanks Guys!

Title: Re: Need a little help with a pattern
Post by: daveo on March 03, 2014, 01:17:06 pm

something like this
Dave

Title: Re: Need a little help with a pattern
Post by: EIEIO on March 03, 2014, 02:05:25 pm

Dave's pattern looks great. I would suggest trying to cut those cartoon lines with a big spiral - I have some #10 from Mike's that follow a line very nicely and make a honking big hole, so the drawing stands out well.

I would really discourage using acrylics after scrolling. If you want acrylics, do it without the scroll work (just paint on wood), or cut the outline of the shape and then acrylic paint the body. The bright acrylics seem to hide the effort put into scrolling.

If you want both scroll and color, take a look at a light watercolor wash. You can add a thin color and the wood will show through, then darken a little as needed. OR wet the surface (just the part you're working on, like just the shirt) then dab watercolor along the outer edge of the wet part (this is called wet-on-wet when painting). The color will bleed toward the center, giving a 3D look. Another way is to color the whole shirt, then re-wet and dab in Payne's Gray around the edge to get a shadow look. Here's a sample from last St. Patrick's Day:
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/L2Lo-TH8NxxdRHQ1ElNCXjGA2GGBGDXvkulO_7BaFe0=w402-h563-no)  (https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JX3A-t3nSwA/Uio0_5UzEtI/AAAAAAAABTI/VIJE6lM3jAY/w754-h563-no/ShapesPuzzle.jpg)

The other is young kid "puzzle" using that watercolor wash: has a nice antique look to it.



 

Title: Re: Need a little help with a pattern
Post by: Pinelog on March 03, 2014, 02:21:30 pm

Wow thanks!  That was fast!   Looks good!  I can work with this I think.

Ray,

Here is what Im working towards... The green will be chalkboard green paint so she can actually write on it and erase it.  She is a professor at UC Davis.

Title: Re: Need a little help with a pattern
Post by: EIEIO on March 04, 2014, 12:18:23 pm

That looks like a fun project. I'll watch for a posting when it's done.