yaklady Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Posted April 9, 2009 Okay, Bert and Ernie (or is that ClayA and ClayB? I know of twin girls whose names are TwinA and TwinB. Those are people, not yaks. How would you like to go through life with a name like that?) If you notice, the yak with the cross has little bitty horns and long hair. Girl yaks have smaller horns than boy yaks, and they are more graceful (note the beautiful form she has). When you two come to the guild picnic, you can kiss the yaks and see what wondrous things happen! Maybe if you kiss the baby he will turn into a girl yak. Then you would be useful. I'll try to hold Daddy back! How hard I try will depend on how nice you are. Ken, I got the fairy pattern out of Lora Irish's Great Book of Celtic Patterns. The horses were on some website that my daughter found. It was on a blanket on the site, and I have no idea where it was. I'll ask her. She's in bed right now, the lazy bum. There were some other interesting patterns on blankets, too. You are welcome to print the picture and use it as a pattern. It's pretty straight forward to use in this manner. I'll post more pictures if the pieces come out the way they should. If not, well, I have a big trash can! Kathy Quote All bad yaks make their way to the freezer.
yaklady Posted April 9, 2009 Author Report Posted April 9, 2009 Here you go, Clay, a Celtic pair of yaks. Now you can tool this. Have fun with that! Kathy Quote All bad yaks make their way to the freezer.
Members troy Posted April 9, 2009 Members Report Posted April 9, 2009 Always good, when it comes to celtic degins, how animals are interweaved into a design - Have tried it a few times my self with no good results but you've combined the celtic and horses beatifully - great stuff. Quote my very own world within the darkest of corners at ebay
Members Tina Posted April 9, 2009 Members Report Posted April 9, 2009 Here you go, Clay, a Celtic pair of yaks. Now you can tool this. Have fun with that!Kathy This is a tricky one and I simply Love the yaks, much better... How about putting this up to a monthly challenge task, could be fun and I'm sure giving some extra grey hair (as if I need some more):-) Quote "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
Contributing Member ClayB Posted April 11, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 11, 2009 Tina, I think the yaks look good in this pattern too. Kathy told me she didn't expect anyone to actually carve this pattern, that she just drew it to pick on me. I might just have to try it though. I think she was trying to see if she could get even more "squiggly" lines in it that you did in the last pattern you helped me with. It'll definately be a challenge, but it might be fun. I'd love to see what you'd do with it too. So maybe even if it isn't an official challenge, I hope some people will consider trying it out. Quote ClayB Badlands Leather Art blog Badlands Leather Art Website
Members Tina Posted April 11, 2009 Members Report Posted April 11, 2009 Tina,I think the yaks look good in this pattern too. Kathy told me she didn't expect anyone to actually carve this pattern, that she just drew it to pick on me. I might just have to try it though. I think she was trying to see if she could get even more "squiggly" lines in it that you did in the last pattern you helped me with. It'll definately be a challenge, but it might be fun. I'd love to see what you'd do with it too. So maybe even if it isn't an official challenge, I hope some people will consider trying it out. This might be great fun, but I also know how anoying all those swirls can be*LOL This will be a project later on towards the summer, I'm of to Sweden i a few weeks and scedual is full until then...Going to see our new flat over there, or as we call it, "the landing strip" and get some gear going to the move. Also going to hug my daughter, massive:-) Quote "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
yaklady Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Posted April 15, 2009 There, I got it done! Coloring can be such a pain. I spent most of yesterday doing it. First I went over the whole piece with Briar Brown Hi Liter, as that's what my daughter wants as the main color of the case. Over that I used acrylic paint. The white is a mixture of White and Antique White. One was too bright, the other too yellow. That was watered down and drybrushed on so as not to cover up the shadows created with the Briar Brown. I used a mixture of Phthalo Blue and Pine Green behind the horses. Pine Green makes up the darker green in between the horses, while Medium FoliageGreen is the lighter. Antique White was added to the center to lighten it more, while Phthalo Blue was added to the Pine Green to darken the outer edges. Above the horses, I used Cinnamon. The varying shades were accomplished by adding Antique White in different strengths. The eyes and nostrils are Black, and of course, the high light on the eyes is White. I had to touch up the white a lot when I was through with the other colors. Now I have to figure out how to paint the fair yak! Kathy Quote All bad yaks make their way to the freezer.
Contributing Member UKRay Posted April 15, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 15, 2009 That is such a fine piece of work, Kathy. I was afraid the colours would detract from the carving but it made everything work even better. Congratulations! Ray Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
Members Tina Posted April 15, 2009 Members Report Posted April 15, 2009 Yihaaa...Love your choice of colors, if your daughter aint happy I can always send you my address Quote "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands, and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands, and his head, and his heart, is An Artist" http://vildkorpens-laderlya.deviantart.com http://tupali.deviantart.com/
Contributing Member Crystal Posted April 15, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 15, 2009 Wow- Kathy! I wouldn't have ever thought of using white on that - it came out beautiful! The yaks are easy - they seem to all be coming out black..... Crystal Quote Black Dog Custom Leather
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