One more in the same vein

[DCBluesman]

Inspired by Darley (Serge). Happy New Year, mate!
Bird of Paradise

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[gerryr]

Lou, that's beautiful. You're really getting good at this.

 

[Blind_Squirrel]

Originally posted by gerryr
<br />Lou, that's beautiful. You're really getting good at this.

I have to agree. Both painted pens are very nice.

 

[kenwc]

I'm curious if you coat over the paint with something to keep it from wearing?

 

[wudnhed]

Very Beautiful Lou!

 

[johncrane]

nice one Lou!![]

 

[Darley]

Awesome Lou, this is stuning, very very nice.

Happy New Year to you.

Originally posted by DCBluesman
<br />Inspired by Darley (Serge). Happy New Year, mate!
Bird of Paradise

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[NavyDiver]

Beautiful work! I don't have the patience to produce something with that amount of detail.

 

[DCBluesman]

Thanks to all for the compliments. The paint is covered by CA to protect it from being easily scratched. Eric, when the boys are grown and out of the house you'll be amazed at how much time you have and patience you have learned. [8D]

 

[UKpenmaker]

Superb work Lou, what is the paint that you use on our pens?. Looking at the fine detail in the artwork you must have a brush with about 2 bristles[].
I think this is one skill that my numb fingers won't be able to contend with.

 

[TBone]

Great job Lou. I've been thinking about making some pens and letting my wife paint on them like that. She has much more talent than I do.

 

[DCBluesman]

The pain is "Folk Art Artists Pigment", but I just picked it up without a lot of thought. They have a lot of colors and the color names are written on the bottle which is a must with my color blindness. I started with some fairly wide brushes and large pictures on plastic page protectors. As I have continued, I use smaller brushes to reduce the size of the images. I even use toothpicks for finer lines and markings like the bird's eye. A lit, magnifiying glass and stand come in very handy.

 

[BigRob777]

Lou,
Wow, simply awesome. Do you use something to stabilize your hands? Mine would shake too much for that kind of detail. When I was a Marine, we used a rifle strap, unhooked from the butt, to encircle our left arm, it was really tight, but it allowed me to pick off a basketball sized target from 500 meters away, 8 out of 10 times. The tightness stopped the shaking that's so common. Anyway, I've seen shows on TV, in which the artist used a board, to rest his or her wrist on, to eliminate most of the shaking.
Or do you just have incredibly steady hands?[]
Rob

 

[broitblat]

Beautiful work!

 

[BRobbins629]

My favorite of you recent posts. Elegant design, excellent execution.

 

[DCBluesman]

Thanks again for the generous comments. Rob - I stabiling the pen first. then use my little finger and the fatty underside of my thumb to stabilize my hand. Of course, any real artist can tell you the right way to do it. This is just MY way. Thanks, Barry and Bruce.

 

[BigRob777]

Lou,
I knew there would be a stabilizing joke coming my way.[] However I've stabilized my hand before, .....with CA. Of course it wasn't on purpose (all right, so it was just my index finger and thumb[}]).
Rob