Hi jawjaw~

I DO do some painting but it's sort of more stain-like than anything else. I like the mottled skin of them, it takes stains and watercolor very well and doesn't cover up the natural beauty. I love the shape and form of gourds, they're so natural and flowing. I usually do some pyography, which is just a fancy word for wood burning, and I draw as I go. Sometimes I might make a pencil sketch of my idea but more often than not I just free-form it. So after that I stain them and paint what I'm going to paint. Then I'll add some embellishments. And then maybe wax and rub it to a high sheen. But I'm still [Smile] sort of new to this, not to drawing but using a gourd as my canvas.

Does that answer?