Craw Painting Tutorial!!

[BigBassMan]

As promised Jesse, Here is a step by step for painting a craw pattern. You can adjust different colors for different colored craws. This is a pattern I call "Purple Haze Crackle Craw"!!

1st. Sanded and primed in Krylon Fusion


2nd. Spray the back in deep purple color


3rd.  Spray a nice coat of Crackle Medium on the back, followed by Greenpumkin.




4th.  I mix orange with magneta for the belly color


5th.  Next I paint the craw patterns on the sides, in black. Draw out the pattern you like with a big sharpie, then cut out the pattern. Then you have a craw stencil that can be used many times!!


6th.  Next I spray a light coat of chartreuse on each cheek


7th.  Next I add greenpumkin dots to the cheek areas and electric blue dots to the rest of the sides


8th. I add lines accross the belly in black, shot on the edge of a popcicle stick


9th.   Add the eyes you prefer and the clear, then hang on the drying wheel and you have the Purple Haze Crackle Craw!!




I hope this helps with understanding craw painting. Good luck with your painting and be sure to post some pics!!

Patrick

[Mike Cork]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing this  doesn't look so hard when you lay it out like that. I don't have a steady enough hand for this though 

Great job

[BigBassMan]

You are very welcome Mike!! I know it will help some of the new guys starting up with painting. Just giving back a little of what I have learned over the last few years.

I saw your 12-4 on the Lunker page of the Bassmaster magazine, Thats a TOAD!!! Congrats on the nice catch!!

Patrick

[Mike Cork]

Thank you sir. For the kudos and the great tutorial 

[jesse1378]

Sweet. that is alot easier than i was expecting. the paint with hobby lobby sticker, is that just a regular acrylic paint and you just thin it down with water to shoot through the airbrush? thanks for the write up. i have a bunch of baits im prepping for practice, now i will throw some craw patterns in the mix :D 

[BigBassMan]

Sweet. that is alot easier than i was expecting. the paint with hobby lobby sticker, is that just a regular acrylic paint and you just thin it down with water to shoot through the airbrush? thanks for the write up. i have a bunch of baits im prepping for practice, now i will throw some craw patterns in the mix :D 

Allof my paints are createx and auto air. The greenpumkin, I had to mix to get that color. I bought several empty bottles for Hobby Lobby to store my mixed paint in. Hobby Lobby does carry some createx paint, just not a lot of different colors.

Good luck with your painting and be sure to have fun with it!!

  Patrick

[jesse1378]

ok just checking i saw that nice cheap price and wanted to double check. i just bought some regular acrylic paints that im going to think down. i got 6 for the price of one createx.