Well I have been experimenting on pieces of ostrich shell. I think probably somebody can perfect this technique better than me. I'm sorry the pictures are so bad but I just laid them on the scanner (believe me they look a lot better in real life). 7. When it's dry you can either sand to get the top layer of oil off or rub it with turpentine. Don't use any water base or you well ruin the cracks. You should have brown cracks now. Next I'm going to use a lighter Tan color so my cracks don't stand out so much. 8. Next I use an oil base varnish called "Clear Kote" , don't use water based!!! After that is dry then I put on my Flecto water based Varnish. Yes you can put water based Varnish over an oil Varnish and vice versa. 9. Now you can do your art work but make sure if your water based products, protect it with an oil based (or your work well be all smeared. Now I sending pictures in separate messages and I'll explain each one. |
before the oil based varnish was put on. |
with the varnish and art work |
can get the different crackling size |
of ostrich shell |