Creative Woodworks & crafts 2004-01, страница 54

Paint Colors needed

To paint the head you will need the following paints:

Color Mix* Jo Sonja Polytronspdr

Belly. White White with trace . . Warm White Bass Belly Wolfe amount of Raw Sienna

Green 80% Mar's fcCtck Teal Green . Bass Medium

with 30% Caamiotr. or mix the same. Yellow Medium .. pioportiqmqs the rr.ix in CoiUifW} 1'

Stripe Red Cadmium Red Cadmium Red GiliRed

Silver Metallic Silver — . Burnished Silver

Gold Metallic Gold — Antique Goid

Dark Green Mars Black with Same as Mix Bass Green, {medium

tot Spots trace of Cadmium in Column 1 oi dark] with black Yeilow Medium

-ne colors may easily be mixed using; either the colors from Uquifcx or Gron-,backer, All acrylics will mix with each other, regardless, of the ftg^ufaeturer. So iT you have ./.'igoitex, go. ahead and mnHt with the Jo Sonjq or the Po'iyiranspor. Conversely. if you have Poiytronspar and need to mix a co^;or, go to your local art supply shop and buy either Uquitex or Gnjrr,backer's Hypiar.

To make the coibrs mote transparent, .mix.if with the varnish. Either gloss or Piaffe will work fine. When mixed it will look whiter, then when dry. It wjjl become .franspdreot, showing the colors underneath; ositdfi'es.

Painting Tools needed

Airbrush with compressed air source Medium Artist's Brush Clear LdCquer for

sealing Colored Paints, either Acrylic or Lacquer

proceed back to just in front of the caudal. You don't want this to be too intense; a light touch is all that is needed.

five coats to get total coverage. Let it cure thoroughly; for an acrylic, this usually means overnight. The carving should have a good, white base before you continue.

Switch to the green color and paint the back of the trout, across the top of the head, and down the sides. Hold the airbrush at an angle to the back, coming down from the top. This will give a "highlight" effect to the cheek plates and mandible. This should be dark on the top, fading to a light color on the bottom. Using the same technique (a shallow angle of spray), lightly spray the fins to highlight the rays you carved. The dorsal and anal should be sprayed from the front of the fin. The caudal should be sprayed from the top of the fish. Light touches on the pelvic and pectoral should be accomplished by holding a card just behind it to prevent over-spray from hitting the body.

Since fish have scales on their body, we have to show them. We didn't carve them onto the body, so we have to paint them on. Take heart! I don't mean painting each one individually. I have a trick to use. Follow these instructions closely, and you will have a nicely scaled carving, and a bright pretty fish.

The first thing you need is from a fabric shop. Go in and buy a piece of what they call ^bridal veil." It is a material that has a series of small ovals made into a matrix of threads. There are lots of sizes of this material, so look for one that has an opening about 3/16" x 1/8". The technique I am going to describe is called the "veil" technique, aptly named for the material used for the paint mask. While at the shop, you might want to pick up a can of spray adhesive, if you don't already have one around.

Now we begin to add the colors. In the sidebar you wili find the colors you need to buy, or the mixes to make if you prefer. The instructions for the mixes are the same whether you use lacquers or acrylics.

Begin by applying the belly (warm) white to the bottom of the fish, going up about halfway on the body. Lightly apply to the bottom fins: pectoral, pelvic, anal and the lower part of the caudal. Paint only the base of the fins. Feather the color out to the tip, leaving the tips lighter than the bases. This will help give the illusion of transparency in the final carving.

Switch to the Cadmium, or gill red. Lightly spray a stripe of red down the side of the carving in the space between the green on top and the warm white of the belly. It should run about halfway down. A reference photo of a rainbow trout will show you the area to paint. This is not the final stripe, so you don't need to be too careful at this point. Begin just behind the gill plate, and