rljohn56 Posted Thursday at 02:04 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 02:04 PM These is my Christmas project for family. 14 of them! I’m pretty much done with all the staining, but wanted the group’s opinion on painting two items. I was thinking about painting the bow red and the smaller fireplace flame yellow or just leave them as is. I highly regard your opinions on this! Thanks, Ray tomsteve, barb.j.enders, JackJones and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudson River Rick Posted Thursday at 02:44 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 02:44 PM @rljohn56WOW! GREAT WORK, Ray. I say paint the bow a bright RED, in my opinion only, (and we all know how much that is worth), it could only make your Christmas gift that much more appealing. Thanks for sharing. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wichman Posted Thursday at 03:10 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 03:10 PM Excellent work! A touch of color would enhance the piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Crosa Posted Thursday at 03:28 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 03:28 PM Agree about the red and the yellow. Regardless a great piece of work. MarieC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted Thursday at 03:34 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 03:34 PM Great piece, I would paint the bow red nothing else, RJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted Thursday at 03:55 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 03:55 PM Very nice piece and am sure will be well received. The painting thing becomes tricky because where do you really want to stop. You can do the packages. You can do the green on the wreath and so on. If it is a wood scrollsawn project it might be best to leave it as such. But agree painting the ribbon can enhance it some. Very nice and have a Merry Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted Thursday at 04:54 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 04:54 PM I think adding some color will enhance the very well scrolled piece.. Seems many people outside of woodworkers don't care as much for the plain ol wood grain and textures like many of the people that work with wood do.. I used to have a hard time adding color, but now that I have done some paint work onto my scroll sawn stuff I actually think it enhances the piece.. so that said I'd go for it.. MarieC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChelCass Posted Thursday at 06:36 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 06:36 PM They look beautiful as it. If you choose to paint the wreath, just paint the outline and use a subdue red so it blends in but also stand out softly. Roberta Moreton and MarieC 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter N White Posted Thursday at 07:08 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 07:08 PM Great piece to me the bow stands out as is maybe flame only.Merry Xmas to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieC Posted Friday at 05:15 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 05:15 AM I really like it. I think because the background is green, a bit of red on the bow would be nice. I do like the yellow flame....with out it, I maybe would have missed it. Really nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barb.j.enders Posted Friday at 01:35 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 01:35 PM Very nice. If you do want to add colour, yes, the bow made red. Instead of painting, I would just take a red sharpie and draw on the top of the bow. Roberta Moreton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted Friday at 01:59 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 01:59 PM very nice job but it needs some color Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted Friday at 02:24 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:24 PM Color highlights can add to the visual appeal even for a hard-core wood guy like me. kmmcrafts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill WIlson Posted Friday at 05:39 PM Report Share Posted Friday at 05:39 PM I'm kinda with JT on this. Gotta be careful when painting something like this, because it may not blend as nicely as you want. I'd be inclined to use dye instead of paint. The dye will still allow the look of the wood to show through, so the contrast won't be quite as stark. I'd probably only do the ribbon on the wreath and leave the fireplace flame as is. Afterall, there are flames on the candles as well. If you do one, should you do all? You see the slippery slope you can end up on. JTTHECLOCKMAN and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rljohn56 Posted Friday at 06:55 PM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 06:55 PM I want to thank everyone for replying. Everyone have an awesome Merry Christmas! I will show the final edition when finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago It might be better painted before assembly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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