What to use for blue?

[Dave Monk]

I am needing wood for a blue sky.........what would you use?

[RangerJay]

Wish I could help you - but I've got the same question - but for blue water on a lake scene ....

 

[Scrappile]

Blue Pine? http://thehandsomewoodman.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

Edited March 5, 2020 by Scrappile

[Dave Monk]

37 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

Blue Pine? http://thehandsomewoodman.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

Thanks, Just got done ordering a piece off of EBay. Hard to say how it will look but it was only $15 plus shipping.

[Dave Monk]

47 minutes ago, Scrappile said:

Blue Pine? http://thehandsomewoodman.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1

Wish I would have seen your link before I bought. Looks like they have some good stuff.

[Scrappile]

31 minutes ago, Dave Monk said:

Wish I would have seen your link before I bought. Looks like they have some good stuff.

Dave, I have never purchased from that place, but have wanted to.  I plan to visit them sometime when I am at my daughter's.  Not far from where she lives. 

[amazingkevin]

interesting!

[planeur]

What about this wood : amaranth wood which look like a sky with a storm coming... !

 

I used that wood for my Blue heron . Beautiful wood.

 

planeur

 

[Frank Pellow]

6 hours ago, Dave Monk said:

Wish I would have seen your link before I bought. Looks like they have some good stuff.

I have ordered from there and am happy with both the service and the wood.  It's a very greyish blue but works well for sky.

[tgiro]

I get my blue pine from The Happy Woodsman. Give them a call. If you go through their online order system, you'll have to call them - or they'll call you, for payment. I'v had real good results with their wood. If you pick out a piece online, then that's the one you're going to get.

Good folks to deal with.

There a lot of shades of "Blue" pine - mostly gray. It's also sold as Beetle-killed Pine through some other vendors.

If you want real blue - you're going to stain or dye. I use analine dyes. They have a "Sky Blue".

[rjweb]

Dave, I don’t have any idea for your blue, but how is that “ last supper “ coming, RJ 

[meflick]

I too would suggest Blue Pinr. I too have ordered from The Handsome woodsman site on several occasions and always got good service and product.

[Dave Monk]

10 hours ago, rjweb said:

Dave, I don’t have any idea for your blue, but how is that “ last supper “ coming, RJ 

RJ, I am getting along pretty slow. I am only working on it about two days a week because I have four shows in the next two months I am trying to get ready for. Intarsia is a whole new thing for me and it shows. Hopefully some day I will be as good as several others on this site.

 

Edited March 6, 2020 by Dave Monk

[JimErn]

10 hours ago, Dave Monk said:

Hopefully some day I will be as good as several others on this site.

From what I see Dave, you are there now.  Wow what a great job so far, that is going to be amazing when finished

[Scrappile]

You are definitely creating a masterpiece!  Beautiful work.

[planeur]

Wow Dave,  already beautyful ! Lot of work.

 

Question : I do not see any glass of wine on the table ......!

planeur

 

[Tomanydogs]

On 3/5/2020 at 6:15 PM, Dave Monk said:

RJ, I am getting along pretty slow. I am only working on it about two days a week because I have four shows in the next two months I am trying to get ready for. Intarsia is a whole new thing for me and it shows. Hopefully some day I will be as good as several others on this site.

 

Dave I don’t think you are giving yourself enough credit. It’s coming along beautifully. 

[Gonzo]

I agree Dave, that will be a masterpiece!

[starman]

A number of people use Minwax Indigo stain for deeper blue.

[Pictures in wood]

Blue pine

 

[loftyhermes]

Blue Mahoe?

[Foxfold]

On ‎3‎/‎6‎/‎2020 at 1:15 AM, Dave Monk said:

because I have four shows in the next two months I am trying to get ready for

Are your 'restrictions' lifted where you are ? We are likely to be 'locked' down in varying degrees, till the end of the year.  Beautiful piece though, I love it.

[Dave Monk]

3 hours ago, Foxfold said:

Are your 'restrictions' lifted where you are ? We are likely to be 'locked' down in varying degrees, till the end of the year.  Beautiful piece though, I love it.

Starting to open things up now. Beauty shops, barber shops and nail salons just opened. Restaurants opened with limited seating. How about where you are at?

Edited May 8, 2020 by Dave Monk

[Foxfold]

8 minutes ago, Dave Monk said:

How about where you are at?

Not a chance !!!  I think we are going to hear about some 'easing' of the rules on Sunday, but it will only be a 'tiny' bit. Either way, I'm not budging out until it's safer than now. Tony has COPD and there's no way on the planet I'd chance his health.