Ed Walicki's  - Mastering the Basics Series

Mastering the Basics - The Complete Reference Collection / Mold Making and Casting Reference -
8.5 Hour DVD Course - $69.00

Learn everything you need to build or expand a reference collection designed to improve you carving and painting skills.  What to look for in quality reference and how to use it to your advantage in more ways than ever explained.  Covered in detail are all aspects of fish carving reference, including how to make your own molds in the field or in the shop to cast inexpensive three dimensional reference that will last for years. 

In this 8.5 hour course I cover the following in detail:

• Collecting and keeping live reference
• Collecting and preserving specimens.
• Photo Reference
• Video Reference
• Competition Reference
• Head Castings
• Fiberglass Fish Castings
• Reference Castings
• Rock, coral, driftwood and plant reference. 
• Mold Making Techniques for inexpensive molds to cast your own reference castings
• Alginate / Plaster Mold Making
• Polyurethane Mold Making
• Silicone Mold Making
• Mold releases
• Plaster Casting
• Wax Casting
• Coloring
• Urethane Casting
• Fiberglass Casting
• Reference Painting Stencils
• Color Notes
• Color mixing to a photograph
• Books
• Making patterns from your reference
• Whimsical Reference
• Realistic Reference
• Peel off rock molds
• Casting flexible rocks to aid in pre planning a diorama
• Casting saltwater base rock.
• Casting a study fish
• Casting a leaf
• Casting rock surfaces
• Casting your own study heads
• Casting Driftwood
• Casting a small turtle
• Casting a leaf
• Working with paraffin wax for casting mock-up displays to create patterns from before you start your carving.  Build the entire carving project in an afternoon out of wax and work out all your engineering and design easily.
• ...and more!

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