Wood Carving a Bluegill Bream part 6 Airbrushing Base Colors

In this Part 6 video I'll be airbrushing the base colors prepping for the hand painted detail in part 7
Link to DYI fish eyes
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This is only the second bluegill I've carved.
The first one I carved was the second ever fish I carved and it was my first KZbin video I posted.
So we'll see how far I've come when we see the difference between that one and this one when I finish.
If you have any questions feel free to drop me an email or leave them in the comment section. I hope you will enjoy this project and if you do please subscribe and hit that thumbs up button.
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Be sure and Check out my other videos on Wood carving a white tailed buck, walleye, black crappie, 2 large mouth bass projects, rainbow trout, brown trout, small mouth bass and blue gill bream.
Also Check out my digital paintings in the playlist under digital speed painting.

[@wesleymason6511]

Great job Danny. Really enjoyed this.

[@bluetsunami4005]

Excellent

[@Danny_Harris-Arts]

Thank you so much 😀

[@makinglure]

Nice 😀👌Happy New Year 😀🙏 I wish you and your loved ones a lot of happiness, health and joy 😀🙏 .

[@Danny_Harris-Arts]

Thanks! Happy New Year to you and yours also

[@TrevorF03]

Stumbled across your channel and I love it. Great work! I make big detailed musky lures and got a wood burner for a gift. So I want to try to burn some scales. I want to try carving a fish someday too. Thanks for all your videos!

[@Danny_Harris-Arts]

Thanks for watching. If you’re interested I have a video on how to make your own scale burning tips. But you have to have a pen like the Razortip BPH pen that has interchangeable tips.

[@TrevorF03]

@@Danny_Harris-Artsoh yes. I think that was the first video that popped up. Very helpful.

[@danreed2189]

Looks good Danny! I have noticed watching other peoples' fish painting videos that almost without fail, before they get started with the actual painting part, they put on a base coat of black and then antique it by rubbing a lot of the color off, or they use a silver base. You obviously didn't use any base on your fish. I do not understand color the way you do, and I also don't really understand why the other folks insist on the darker base color. Do you have any thoughts on that that you can share, or is it just preference?

[@Danny_Harris-Arts]

Most of the people I’ve seen doing that are those working on reproduction mounts that are already white and they use enamel paint. I’ve experimented with the antiquing a couple times but it’s harder to do with acrylic than it is with enamel on a hard plastic or fiberglass that is already white. After I seal the wood I give it a coat of gesso. I seem to have better luck with airbrushing my local base colors on top of the gesso and then build up layers of color for detail by hand. I do a lot of dry brushing as well as thin washes. I still use the airbrush for some detail but not much. I feel that detailing with paint brushes or micro applicators by hand gives a more organic natural look. Detailing with an Airbrush can give good results but makes it look airbrushed. Does that make sense? Ive only been carving for a little over 3 years so I’m a newbie that’s still learning. I learn something new with each project and I’m always looking for new ways and ideas to add to my workflow.

[@danreed2189]

You may be a "newbie" at painting your carvings, but you have been painting for a long time and know color and layering well. I am a neophyte with an airbrush,, so any time I can get away with not using it, the better. However, as you know, sometimes it is the best tool. @@Danny_Harris-Arts