Love scrimshaw? Can’t Draw? Many whale-men, the original scrimshaw artists couldn’t draw either. Using their ingenuity and the tools at hand, they were able to fashion memorable pieces of art and carvings that survive to this day. You can scrimshaw, even if you can’t draw! It only takes a little guidance, some basic tools and a touch of modern technology.Using ancient mammoth ivory, natural “vegetable ivory” or other materials, you can create beautiful works of art the way the sailors did, without needing to lean over the port bow! A great way to de-stress, scrimshaw will bring you into a world of art you may never have thought possible to achieve.
“Scrimshaw? But I Can’t Draw!!” has links and instructions to everything you need to learn how to scrimshaw:
“Scrimshaw? But I Can’t Draw!!” has links and instructions to everything you need to learn how to scrimshaw:
- sources for fossilized ivory
- “vegetable” ivory
- tools
- pigments
- how to prepare tools and materials
- techniques for shading
- polishes and preservatives, and more.
Great book for beginners and who can and cannot draw, “Scrimshaw? But I Can’t Draw!” will walk you through the simple steps that many of the top scrimshaw artists use today.
Available at Amazon
Andrew, I bought the book through Amazon. How do I get the eBook version? I typed the links to get the working images for … I can’t draw” and the page wouldn’t load.
Thanks,
Steve
Thanks Steve, should be working now.
Just testing the comments area to see if they’re working and how they show up.