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Rollie was generous enough to submit
an excellent tutorial on the Ram he woodburned. He took a picture
at a local zoo and that was the basis of the pattern he used. The
photograph can be used by anyone who would also like to do the burn.
Since the Ram is mostly white it did present a challenge! First
the image was traced onto the Italian Poplar. The first burn was
to do the eyes. Most folks who do animal/people burns tend to do
the eyes first. If the eyes can't be done correctly, then the rest
of the burn will show that defect. Doing the eyes requires a lot
of concentration, but when done right it is the first step in making
an excellent image.
The progress shown below is the
second step of the tutorial. In the first one ( click here to see
it) the concentration was on the eyes. The second stage the
effort is on starting the hair and texturing the large horn.
The image below is part 3 of the
tutorial and concentrates of the left horn as you look at the ram.
I thought Rollie's description explained his progress well. "Tried
to get the ambiance of the texture of the horn and from a fair distance
I think it is coming close. My goal here is to establish the eyes,
then the horns and then I thought it would be easier to fill in
the face. There is some facial dabbling already but that was experimental.
While the artist uses a variety of brushes and gets the desired
effect, the burner must select the right pen to get the results.
Whereas the artist usually knows in advance which brush will create
the desired outcome, ....." "So the scrap wood gets a
huge workout."
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