Learn to Scrimshaw, Even if You Cannot Draw!

Learn to Scrimshaw, Even if You Cannot Draw!, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.3, with 17 lectures, based on 17 reviews, and has 83 subscribers.

You will learn about Scrimshaw, using the Whalemans Technique Find many of the materials that can be scrimshawed on Draw and scrimshaw a stylized rosebud Draw and scrimshaw a stylized ship in full sail Know how to achieve a mirror-like finish on many materials Know how to shade using stippling and lines Create a color scrimshaw with shading Create templates using their computer to create their own scrimshaw This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is for the beginning scrimshaw artist using basic tools available at most hardware stores. or You will need plastic, bone or legsl ivory, a scribing tool, a soft or aquarellabe pencil, India ink or oil, bright adjustable light and magnification. A printer is also helpful. or If cutting or sanding material, a dust mask and eye protection are necessary. It is particularly useful for This course is for the beginning scrimshaw artist using basic tools available at most hardware stores. or You will need plastic, bone or legsl ivory, a scribing tool, a soft or aquarellabe pencil, India ink or oil, bright adjustable light and magnification. A printer is also helpful. or If cutting or sanding material, a dust mask and eye protection are necessary.

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Title: Learn to Scrimshaw, Even if You Cannot Draw!

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.3

Number of Lectures: 17

Number of Published Lectures: 17

Number of Curriculum Items: 17

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 17

Original Price: $24.99

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What You Will Learn

Scrimshaw, using the Whalemans Technique

Find many of the materials that can be scrimshawed on

Draw and scrimshaw a stylized rosebud

Draw and scrimshaw a stylized ship in full sail

Know how to achieve a mirror-like finish on many materials

Know how to shade using stippling and lines

Create a color scrimshaw with shading

Create templates using their computer to create their own scrimshaw

Who Should Attend

This course is for the beginning scrimshaw artist using basic tools available at most hardware stores.

You will need plastic, bone or legsl ivory, a scribing tool, a soft or aquarellabe pencil, India ink or oil, bright adjustable light and magnification. A printer is also helpful.

If cutting or sanding material, a dust mask and eye protection are necessary.

Target Audiences

This course is for the beginning scrimshaw artist using basic tools available at most hardware stores.

You will need plastic, bone or legsl ivory, a scribing tool, a soft or aquarellabe pencil, India ink or oil, bright adjustable light and magnification. A printer is also helpful.

If cutting or sanding material, a dust mask and eye protection are necessary.

Learn to scrimshaw, even if you can’t draw!?

The Whalemen of the 19th?century were not artists on a pleasure cruise, they were sailors and laborers on rolling seas in harsh conditions, far from home often for years. When they weren’t swabbing the decks or mending sails, they would spend their idle time with primitive tools and supplies creating useful devices from pie crimpers to complex swifts, then sell them when they reached home or a port.

The captains of the ships would often have a barrel or two of whale teeth and would hand them out to sailors so they’d occupy their time with something other than fighting or gambling.? Using the skin of sharks to sand and polish the teeth, then using their knives or sailing needles, they would set about creating their works of art, rubbing in lamp black to reveal their work.

Today, the art of scrimshaw is carried on by dedicated artists and craftspersons using 21st century tools and materials: iron needles replaced by tungsten scribes, whale teeth replaced by natural and man-made substances, and the catalogs replaced by images from the internet.

From the start of these lessons, you will learn how the whalemen fashioned their timeless scrimshaw. Thanks to modern tools and materials available, you’ll also learn:

The best ways to sand your material to achieve a mirror-like finish

How to fashion and sharpen your own scribing tool

How to seal your material so ink won’t go where you don’t want it

Where to find your tools and materials (many are local!)

How to draw stylized subjects freehand

Shading using stippling and scribed lines

A list of possible scrimshaw projects for gifts, keepsakes and more

Learn to scrimshaw as the whalemen did using eco-friendly materials and 21st century tools to create your own timeless art.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Learn to Scrimshaw, Even if You Cant Draw!

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: A Simple Test

Lecture 3: Simple Tools

Chapter 2: Sharpening your scribe for the best results

Lecture 1: Two Methods for Sharpening Your Scribe

Lecture 2: Stylized Rose: How to Draw it Freehand. Added bonus: Rosebud template PDF.

Chapter 3: An Overview of Materials

Lecture 1: Scrimshaw Materials

Lecture 2: Draw a Stylized Ship Freehand

Chapter 4: Sanding, Polishing and Shading

Lecture 1: Sanding & Polishing, Shading Basics

Lecture 2: Shading Basics

Chapter 5: Sealing your Material, Stipple and Scribe Practice

Lecture 1: Sealing Your Material

Lecture 2: Stippling – Practice on Material + Template: The Whaleman

Lecture 3: Scribing Lines – Practice on Material

Chapter 6: First Scrimshaw – Moby Dick!

Lecture 1: Moby Dick

Chapter 7: Second Scrimshaw – Ship on the Water – Freehand or Whalemans Way

Lecture 1: Second Scrimshaw – Ship in Full Sail, Freehand or Using the Whalemans Technique

Chapter 8: Color Scrimshaw Basics & Creating Your Own Templates

Lecture 1: Color Scrimshaw Basics

Lecture 2: Creating Your Own Templates

Lecture 3: What to Scrimshaw on?

Instructors

Andrew Perkins
Crafter and Scrimshaw Artist

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