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General Category => Brag Forum => Topic started by: newfie on April 23, 2011, 08:53:47 pm

Title: portrait of my sister
Post by: newfie on April 23, 2011, 08:53:47 pm

here's my latest portrait it's my sister at age 12. it's cut from 1/4" birch plywood,its 8-1/2" by 11" with 438 cuts. i used a 50/50 mixture of boiled linseed oil and paint thinner. a big THANK YOU to Paul (Grampa) for the great pattern. hope you like it.
Todd

Title: Re: portrait of my sister
Post by: mrsn on April 23, 2011, 08:58:18 pm

Looks Great! The shirt looks like it would have taken forever to cut, awesome job!
MrsN

Title: Re: portrait of my sister
Post by: lwilli on April 23, 2011, 09:47:48 pm

Your sister is very lovely. The detailing in this portrait could have only been done by a caring brother. This is a very nice portrait and you should be proud.

Louis

Title: Re: portrait of my sister
Post by: marmoh on April 23, 2011, 10:04:42 pm

Awesome job ... 438 cuts just boggles my mind !!!

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Post by: dgman on April 23, 2011, 10:14:54 pm

Excellent Todd! You did a wonderful job!

Title: Re: portrait of my sister
Post by: DWSudekum on April 23, 2011, 10:30:41 pm

Excellent Cutting Todd.  Your sister is lucky to have a brother that has the patience to do that shirt :)  Thanks for sharing it with us.

DW

Title: Re: portrait of my sister
Post by: bluesuede on April 24, 2011, 09:56:36 pm

Very nice Todd, great job...

Bruce ;D

Title: Re: portrait of my sister
Post by: kimb on April 24, 2011, 09:59:39 pm

Great job Todd. I don't know if I would have the patience to cut that shirt.

Kim

Title: Re: portrait of my sister
Post by: CNLNC on April 25, 2011, 12:44:44 am

Great job, that turned out very nice!
Thanks for sharing.

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Post by: Russ C on April 25, 2011, 10:07:00 am

Looks awesome, Thanks for posting. :)

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Post by: Mainewoods on April 26, 2011, 07:38:30 am

Nice work Todd!  That took ya a while!

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Post by: grampa on April 26, 2011, 07:59:55 am

Very nice Todd, I did not think you would cut the shirt with all the detail but it was worth it, great job...Paul

Title: Re: portrait of my sister
Post by: heiko rettberg on April 26, 2011, 12:28:14 pm

looks very good.