Road Kill Cafe, Seagull Four Ways

i would agree with you i like the dyed one, for some reason my eye keeps going to the glue line in number 2, but i still know one thing, your still dam good and i dont know how to do this yet…so your work always looks good to me paul..if you dont like one of them , send it to me…but your also right , there is always something to learn..thanks for sharing this with us…grizz

-- GRIZZMAN ...[''''']

This is a pretty cool etude.

I like the fact that you tried different things, methods, woods, shading etc… on the same subject. It’s like a pallet for future projects.

Congratulation on this on purpose sanding through.

-- Patrice lejeune

You always do great work Paul ,you mean that’s dyed not blue wood :))

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

That little gull does look pushy. Very interesting to see the different versions. I must say that you do keep raising the bar. Very nice work.

Fascinating. Just fascinating.
Out of these four, the dyed does look ‘better’, but the if the sand shading wasn’t so strong, maybe….

Thanks for the post,
Steve

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

You may not be happy with the marquetry but you certainly captured the gull’s “attitude”. The dyed is my favorite also. But the 4th is a close second. One looks like a morning at the beach, the other looks like dusk at the beach to me. But what does an Okie know about the beach! We do have gulls though!

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

They are great, Paul. Don’t be so hard on your self!

-- Paul - The sweetest sound in my shop, next to Mozart, is what a hand plane makes slicing a ribbon.

Paul,

Your talents and skills are just so far above ours that we just enjoy the journey and learn a little more each time! Thanks for sharing.

L/W

-- Jesus is the ONLY reason for ANY season.

Paul I see you could not help yourself and had to put a boat in the picture… :) I like it. I would agree with the others I like the dyed one best. How did you make the photo into a line drawing or should I say what program?

Richard

Richard , I use Inkscape, the free version.

Steve, The shaded one should be better. I think it’s the worst job of shading I’ve ever done. :-(

Patrice, I will use the four up format again. The style lends itself to doing that. I do however have to pay more attention at all stages.

-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fiberglass trees. http://prmdesigns.com/

I’m with the crowd on this one Paul, the dyed looks best to my eye, but an interesting study nonetheless and kudos for giving the sanding through approach an attempt. I’m sure you learned a bunch, and of course practice makes perfect.

Question, in the sanded through are we seeing the substrate in the sanded through section or did you first glue down a base layer of veneer that is exposed in the sanding through of the top marquetry layer?

-- You either think you can, or think you can't. Either way you are right. Henry Ford

I love experimentation Paul and I admire and appreciate your willingness to share the results with us even though you are not particularly happy with them.This is the kind of work we learn the most from. Besides, we already know what a great craftsman and artist you are. I like the bottom left picture best. I have spent a lot of time at sea and the shore. This rendition looks right on to me. My wife liked the bottom right one best.

-- Mike, American in Norway

Mat, The substrates are what you are mainly looking at. In the beach and water the overlay veneer is almost sanded away. In the sky, I just placed small strands of cloud and then sanded them thin.

Mike, Thanks for the re-enforcement about posting this. I agree that these kind of pieces are the ones we really learn from. I’m guessing it’s the sea foam that you liked. Am I right?

-- Paul M ..............If God wanted us to have fiberglass boats he would have given us fiberglass trees. http://prmdesigns.com/

Wonderful work, Paul.

helluvawreck aka Charles
http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

-- If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau

I would hang any one of them on my wall.

-- Smitty!!!