All Brushwork Sign

[Whit]

Well,,, we do signwork here,,, not as much now
that I've "Semi" Retired,, but here's the last one
all brushwork,, the way we did before we puterized,,
was a request for "Hand Painted" signage,, so this
was what we came up with !!!
One pic darkened to see detail in colors/shading !!!
Measures 3ft x 16ft,,, MDO plywood,, All Oil Enamels !!

[Cowboy]

Great pics Whit, Thanks for Showin . Perty amazing shading for all Brush work, Ta Me anyway. Allways enjoy lookin at Yer work. BTW, Is that a ghost circled in the window ?? lol .

[ABD]

Yupper Whit..Might spiffy with a Brush!....Dunno how ya do it!!!..Good show!

[Jeroen - CDM]

Looks pretty good to me!!! Nice job my friend!!!

[bigwater]

Thanks for showing Whit. That's always been one of my favorite pieces of yours.

[JimmyG]

Absolutely Fabulous hand work there Whit......

[Whit]

(tryin to get some posts in the "Sign" forum)
Jimmy,,, Ron,,, I know ya'll got stuff you
can post in here,,, see if we can't get a lil
activity going in here:party-smiley-052:

[JimmyG]

I have a recent job I can add for ya Whit, a copy of one I did 10 years ago......

[Full Blast]

Ya know I wish I was closer Whit. Id love to do an "Apprenticeship" just learn the old school ways..... Computers are nice but they only emulate what was done with "real" skill. Not that Im knockin Computer skills. :D

Love it,:D

[Frog]

Lovely job, wish I could do that.

[AndyW]

Whit da man, very nice love the detail on the lettering lovely job.

[blinddog 99]

A classic, nice work Whit!

[sharonsstudio]

How the hell do you do that stuff with a brush do you mask off..

[vikingo]

Great Job, looks realy nice. Overhere I do'nt think we have many people left who can handle the old school handpainting letters. Customers wo'nt pay and just want sign applicated with vinyl.

[work it]

Great job Whit. I like the classic look of it. It's a shame that so many people are opting for vinyl now days.

[Siminoff]

Nothing will ever be a good as a handlettered sign

[redanner]

Nice work Whit! Pleasing to the eye!

[PAULYBOY]

Ahhhhhhh-Whit. That sign is nice! I had an uncle in Cincinnati that spent his whole life hand lettyering signs, mostly "showcards" for Avon. Anyone out there that knows the term showcard can appreciate the old school lettering and sign business. Anyway, when he retired I was in the middle of my 1st career as a chef, and was too dumb to take him up on his offer to make me his apprentice. This was a few years before any computer sign making whatsoever. Years later I made som e side money hand lettering signs, and have never used vinyl in my work. I still hand letter the occasional board, anywhere from 2X3 feet up to 3X24 feet. Wish I had the pix to show you.
Oh, and BTW, it's a real pain to letter if you're left handed like me!!!

[bigwater]

Should have taken your uncle up Paulyboy. He'd have taught you how to keep that left hand out of the paint. I'm left handed too. You know they say only left handed people are in their right minds. Too bad the only airbrush I've ever touched seems to be right handed.

[Jeroen - CDM]

[quote=bigwater;75948] You know they say only left handed people are in their right minds. quote]

That explains a lot, i'm right handed whehe

[mob33]

Looks incredible Whit!
You should definately send that in to Sign Business magazine, it would get printed for sure!
Nice work, wish I had more call for hand painted signs, I would love to get back into it more!
Nicely done.
Later,
MOB

[XZOTIC INK]

whit your the partner i need for nyc,,,you dont know how badly i want just one guy to say do my building side,,,AND YOUR THE GUY I NEED,,,your the man whit!!! i would be honored to learn some sign,, wall work,, from ya,,YOU WOULD KILL EM HERE IN NYC,,for real,,you would knock all those cats out of the box,,,ill get ya the work,,you just have to promise me you wont fire me for yapping too much,,lol,

again your da man whit,,,:yourock::yourock::yourock:

[Cybrwolf]

It's SO great to see stuff like that, Whit..thanx for postin' it...along with the fact a customer requested hand-lettering...!!

[Sinontin]

whit that is sweet,top notch work

[quickdraw]

Whit, you are a man after my own heart. A true taditionalist in the truest sense. I pushed the brush for many years myself and I can tell from eyeing your work,that, I would have been proud to work beside you. You sir are among the few of us true signartists that are still left. Thank you for sharing and I hope every one in here appreciates what the are looking at as much I do. Later, Quick.

[Raptor3]

Outstanding work whit:pepper:

[Whit]

Appreciate all tha good vibes here on this,, I just hope
ya'll know it's doin strange things to my hat size here tho ,,,
We do the puter stuff here as well,, but it's nice to break a
brush out every now and then,, just seems like 'ol times !!!
Thanks Again for all tha props !!!

[dubie]

Hey Whit, any pointers on brushes for a beginner to use? I assume you used one shot for all your sign painting? I have a background in canvas oil painting but nothing as far as hard surfaces

[Whit]

Mack makes a pretty good flat/quill for lettering,,,
here's some info on lettering and striping brushes,,,
but 1-shot rules,, well,, Ronan & Chromatic are nice
as well,,, really,, oilbase is the way to go here !!!
http://www.dixieart.com/Mack_Brush_Main.htm

[noniron]

I love traditional hand painted signs , that's another one on my list to learn !