Engraved Colored Seahorse

jbarelle1 · January 20, 2018, 1:24am

Engraved then colored with high quality colored pencils (found this technique on YouTube). I’m trying to figure out the best way to seal it, however, without losing detail. Some on YouTube have said to use a wax on furniture polish. Anyone have other ideas or concur? The color doesn’t rub off or anything, but I want to seal everything so it doesn’t get stain by other elements over time. I have spray on picture sealer, so I wondered about that as well.

bkressley · January 20, 2018, 1:31am

Stunning!

jeanneleigh · January 20, 2018, 1:32am

Beautiful!

reliablepants · January 20, 2018, 1:53am

Lovely job!

pauline.lally · January 20, 2018, 2:04am

Awsome

kjsmith1026 · January 20, 2018, 2:12am

This looks fantastic! You should spray it with a poly acrylic - comes in spray cans like spray paint.

cynd11 · January 20, 2018, 2:31am

Ohmygosh, it’s breathtaking! Really stunning artistry.

rhenley · January 20, 2018, 3:00am

Beautiful work!

Jules · January 20, 2018, 3:34am

Ah! You picked one of my favorite seahorse graphics! (Looks great colored… that must have taken a while.)

PrintToLaser · January 20, 2018, 3:53pm

Very cool technique! I would think a product made for sealing pictures would work, but I have no experience with it.

Cake day for Jules!

quinnone2 · January 20, 2018, 4:10pm

Sweet!!I

harry.saunders.skye · January 20, 2018, 4:37pm

I would be tempted to try finishes on a test piece before committing something so beautiful.

I have used Renaissance Micro-Crystalline Wax Polish (65 ml) on many things. It gives a beautiful finish on well prepared wood.

And, as an added bonus Brenda (or one of her minions) has given approval, so can’t be bad!

jbarelle1 · January 20, 2018, 7:06pm

No it didn’t, actually. I have been wanting to do something with that seahorse for a long time since my downstairs bathroom is beach themed. Lol when I looked up Pyrography on YouTube, there was a lady who used colored pencil on a hummingbird and flower pyrography and I thought wow! I can do that with laser engraving too lol. I’d love to claim that artwork but I don’t know who the artist was. It was a coloring pattern that was included in the Pigment app on my iPad.

dan · January 25, 2018, 11:35pm

The color is fantastic! It really brings out the detail.

amstarri · February 11, 2018, 6:35pm

I used idea to make a craft project for my kids:

They had a blast coloring these and kept asking me to cut more.

johnbrooker · February 11, 2018, 6:49pm

Isn’t it wonderful when your kids demand you cooperate with them in the act of creation !
Not just doing it, but being a partner in their excitement.