Popular Post FrankEV Posted February 22 Popular Post Report Share Posted February 22 I developed this Roaring Bear Pattern from an Image I found on-line. I invite you to visit my post in Pattern Making for a description of my experiment in creating this pattern. Also, you will note that my pattern is kind of backwards to the way most patterns result in creating a scrolled image. Since the bear is predominately Black, the cut-outs exposing the background are light colors as if sunlight was reflecting off the Bear’s fur. The pattern was sized to fit a 12” by 12” inch panel. I chose to cut the image in a 5/32” thick Walnut Solid Core Ply using Pegas #2/0 Spiral blades. The backer is 1/4” thick BB Ply. Most of the coloring was done with Artist Acrylic Air Brush Paints with a few highlights done by brush. The assembled panel was protected with multiple spray coats of a Clear Gloss Acrylic. I made my usual 1 3/4” wide rail Poplar Frame that I stained and finished with multiple coats of Wipe-On Poly. I ‘m looking forward to your comments and critiques on this experiment in pattern making and my…possibly poor…choice of using Walnut for the cut panel. Norm Fengstad, JessL, jollyred and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Nice, looks like he is made about something, RJ FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 awesome job FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieC Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 I love your bear ....As you mentioned, I am not sure about the background either. Perhaps the grain of the frame and the grain of the background are distracting me...not sure. Maybe more of a lighter boring colored background. Here is a painting of a horse that I thought looked good with the background. If you had a bigger background, and since you airbrush very well, you could do a moon so that is what is lighting his fir like this picture I found on etsy but maybe you don't really want the silhouette look... Not sure if this helps. marie FrankEV and Roberta Moreton 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter N White Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Great job looks really good. FrankEV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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