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Offline newfie

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portrait of my sister
« 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.
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Re: portrait of my sister
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2011, 08:58:18 pm »
Looks Great! The shirt looks like it would have taken forever to cut, awesome job!
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« Reply #2 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.

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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2011, 10:04:42 pm »
Awesome job ... 438 cuts just boggles my mind !!!
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Re: portrait of my sister
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2011, 10:14:54 pm »
Excellent Todd! You did a wonderful job!
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Re: portrait of my sister
« Reply #5 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
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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2011, 09:56:36 pm »
Very nice Todd, great job...

Bruce ;D
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Re: portrait of my sister
« Reply #7 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
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« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2011, 12:44:44 am »
Great job, that turned out very nice!
Thanks for sharing.
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Re: portrait of my sister
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2011, 10:07:00 am »
Looks awesome, Thanks for posting. :)
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Re: portrait of my sister
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2011, 07:38:30 am »
Nice work Todd!  That took ya a while!
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« Reply #11 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
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Re: portrait of my sister
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2011, 12:28:14 pm »
looks very good.
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