Comments for SnodCraft News http://www.snodcraft.com/news The Workmanship is in the Detail! Hand-made Decorative Wood Crafts Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:10:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on You Too Can Be An Artist! by Donna http://www.snodcraft.com/news/2011/07/13/you-too-can-be-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Donna Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:10:20 +0000 http://news.snodcraft.com/?p=650#comment-78 Thanks for leaving a comment Mary! To answer your question, yes you could make a photo copy and skip the tracing step. Most artists don't suggest that method because they want to protect their copyright. It is illegal to sell or distribute copies of an artist's pattern! Use your photo copies for personal use only! Best regards, Donna Thanks for leaving a comment Mary! To answer your question, yes you could make a photo copy and skip the tracing step. Most artists don’t suggest that method because they want to protect their copyright. It is illegal to sell or distribute copies of an artist’s pattern! Use your photo copies for personal use only! Best regards, Donna

]]> Comment on The Art of Shadows and Highlights by Lori Ames http://www.snodcraft.com/news/2011/06/23/the-art-of-shadows-highlights/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Lori Ames Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:11:40 +0000 http://news.snodcraft.com/?p=614#comment-77 Thank you for adding a picture of a mop brush and angled brush. Probably seems like a very basic thing, but I am a beginner and need all the help I can get. Thank you for adding a picture of a mop brush and angled brush. Probably seems like a very basic thing, but I am a beginner and need all the help I can get.

]]> Comment on You Too Can Be An Artist! by Suzie Ray http://www.snodcraft.com/news/2011/07/13/you-too-can-be-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Suzie Ray Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:56:19 +0000 http://news.snodcraft.com/?p=650#comment-76 Love your latest instructions on tracing. It's good to know that you have to use special tracing paper and transfer paper for the project. Guess I thought you just laid a piece of carbon paper under what you wanted to trace. Thank you for your help. Love your latest instructions on tracing. It’s good to know that you have to use special tracing paper and transfer paper for the project. Guess I thought you just laid a piece of carbon paper under what you wanted to trace. Thank you for your help.

]]> Comment on You Too Can Be An Artist! by Mary James http://www.snodcraft.com/news/2011/07/13/you-too-can-be-an-artist/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Mary James Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:50:19 +0000 http://news.snodcraft.com/?p=650#comment-75 Thank you so much for the helpful hints. I do need to clarify one thing, however. I have a small home-size photo copier. Can't I just make a copy of the original pattern, then put the transfer paper under it and mark it right on to the wood? This would save the step of drawing it on tracing paper first and only require one time to actually draw over the pattern. Does this work? Thanks for the great hints. Please keep them coming! Thank you so much for the helpful hints. I do need to clarify one thing, however.

I have a small home-size photo copier. Can’t I just make a copy of the original pattern, then put the transfer paper under it and mark it right on to the wood? This would save the step of drawing it on tracing paper first and only require one time to actually draw over the pattern.

Does this work?

Thanks for the great hints. Please keep them coming!

]]> Comment on The Art of Shadows and Highlights by Donna http://www.snodcraft.com/news/2011/06/23/the-art-of-shadows-highlights/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Donna Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:35:04 +0000 http://news.snodcraft.com/?p=614#comment-69 Love those questions! We recently added a picture of an angled and a mop brush to the blog article about shading/floating. I hope that better explains the look for both brushes. If you think you'd like to try a mop brush, look in the Donna Dewberry line of paint brushes. I use the mop brush occasionally, but tend to put my damp wet rag into use more often. Still, it's always good to try a different approach, and a mop brush might work really well for you. Thanks for your questions and comments. Always love hearing from you! Best regards, Donna Love those questions! We recently added a picture of an angled and a mop brush to the blog article about shading/floating. I hope that better explains the look for both brushes. If you think you’d like to try a mop brush, look in the Donna Dewberry line of paint brushes. I use the mop brush occasionally, but tend to put my damp wet rag into use more often. Still, it’s always good to try a different approach, and a mop brush might work really well for you. Thanks for your questions and comments. Always love hearing from you! Best regards, Donna

]]> Comment on The Art of Shadows and Highlights by Pam Van Vickle http://www.snodcraft.com/news/2011/06/23/the-art-of-shadows-highlights/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Pam Van Vickle Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:11:02 +0000 http://news.snodcraft.com/?p=614#comment-66 I like the fact that you said "if the float appears too light for your tastes, let it dry and do another application." I always tend to be impatient and think I have to quickly wipe off the paint and start completely over. I like the fact that you said “if the float appears too light for your tastes, let it dry and do another application.” I always tend to be impatient and think I have to quickly wipe off the paint and start completely over.

]]> Comment on The Art of Shadows and Highlights by Pam Van Vickle http://www.snodcraft.com/news/2011/06/23/the-art-of-shadows-highlights/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Pam Van Vickle Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:05:04 +0000 http://news.snodcraft.com/?p=614#comment-65 What do you mean by the longer tip of your brush, and what is a mop brush? Showing illustrations of what you are saying is helpful like the hand shading. Could you show "the longer tip of your brush" in an illustration and what a mop brush is? What do you mean by the longer tip of your brush, and what is a mop brush? Showing illustrations of what you are saying is helpful like the hand shading. Could you show “the longer tip of your brush” in an illustration and what a mop brush is?

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