Butch Cassidy & the Sundance kid/Scrollsaw painting

Great Job! I am also an avid scroller and really like what you have done on this. Would love to see more of your work. I would be interested in the process you used to develop your pattern.

-- John, Colorado's (Wooden Wizard)

really really great

Holey Moley! A work of art!!! Great Job very Artistic!!!!!

-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"

This came out extremely well. Brilliant work!

-- Mike, American in Norway

Great piece of art !

-- Muriel, Belgium

Paul and Bob never looked better! That is my all time favorite movie.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Thanks everyone,I really like cutting this style of scroll-saw work.I think everything starts with a great pattern and the way you cut everything out.I made this Pattern with Adobe photo-shop.The technique is kinda tricky at first.I use a number of photo tools for bringing the lines out.What I’m really doing in the pattern is blowing all the highlights & shadows way out of proportion.One easy way to do that is using the curve tool.You’ll still have to work the pattern abit after that.”Your cutting the pattern using the colors as lines”..I mean, your cut line will be where one color fades into the other.I know it sounds crazy,but it works….When,I start cutting a project like this .I find the smallest blade as possible.Any blade from 0-7 is preferable. Skip-tooth, D Skip-tooth or Crown Tooth ect.You want a blade that is excellent for material removal…For the material,I use alot of 1/2” birch ply blanks.I like 1/2” because you have better control..I don’t like to zapp projects out like a machine.I’d rather take my time and enjoy my work…One thing I make sure to do when cutting the pieces out is always mark the backside of each piece for what color its going to be.I group all the pieces together by color its alot easier when you start the dye,stain process…Mixing stains and dyes isnt that hard to do.I really don’t have scientific way of doing it..I just start with a small amount of lite colored stain in a cup and add small drops of dye till I find the color I need.You can mix dyes with acrylics,oils or clear coats ect..there’s alot of shaking,stirring and adding at times…You can add thinner to make the mix go farther too…I apply the mix with a stain cloth most the time.I make sure to have enough dye mix on cloth to cover each cutout piece evenly..You wanta work the dye into the grain as much as possible…After dyes have setup,You want to add a clear coat over each piece.This is to keep the dyes from bleeding into the other pieces after the assembly…I use Gorilla glue for my glue down.You have to make sure not to add too much glue or it will bleed out…I use lots of clamps at glue down.I also cut out two sheets of ply the same size as the project…One board will be the backer and the other will be used for keeping the clamps from damaging the face of the picture…I use Tung oil as a clear coat most the time…I add the final finishes with brushing tung oil on.I let each coat set up then use fine steel wool..I repeat this 3x…My father taught me this secret years ago…I really appreciate everyone’s thoughts and comments on my work.This is my first album here on Lumber jocks.I have lots of other picts of work that i’ve done over the years.I plan on add more soon,thanks.

-- Rick ,Neoga,IL,https://www.facebook.com/ScrollsawnCreations

Rick this looks awesome!!! I can woodburn but can’t do this lol. Look forward to seeing more of your work.

-- Dana, Tn and Tx artist