Category: Sculpture

Originally Published on November 29, 2011 With the visitors and the Thanksgiving turkey just a fond memory, I was finally able to set down and finish Lizzie.  I think she turned out pretty well.  Certainly like the new fur texture over the old.  One little trick I tried this time was to put a small…

Originally published on November, 2011 Here is one I wanted to get finished but not painted before the Dayton show  so I could hopefully pick up some tips on making realistic fur.  –This piece is a little more realistic than my normal caricatures as I wanted to see what my normal carving techniques would look like…

Originally published on November 2, 2011 Here is a pony I just wrapped up today.  After Dayton he’s headed to Indiana to help herd any bovines in the area.  While I had a choice of the type of coloring to use I really like the coloring of a Buckskin so that’s what he is.  Matt…

Originally published in October, 2011 Now, getting this one on the Blog will be a real challenge.  It was originally created back in October,2011 as a Video series consisting a total of 24 videos for a total of 10 hours in length.  Boy, was I dedicated back then.  I will post the photos I have …

Originally Published on October 27, 2011 I thought this one might have to wait till the Dayton show but I wrapped him up this morning so will take him along to the OKC show.  He turned out pretty good.  I had my doubts for a while as I had originally planned on him holding a…

First off…….Believe it or not, putting together these photographic posts takes about 10 times longer than doing a video. So, I have a favor to ask.  Could you pass my Out West Blog on to your friends or any other Face Book groups or sites you might think would be interested?  There’s a lot of…

 This is a NEW post! While going though some old posts before Judy and I started making videos, I came across this short Photo collection showing how I carve a caricature horse’s head.  I thought it would make a good experiment to see if it’s possible to capture some of these older, photographic posts onto…

Originally published on October 10, 2011 Just put the final touches on this one this morning.  He turned out really well.  I especially like the muted colors of the shirt and neckerchief.  The chaps look pretty worn too so he’s evidently seen some time in the saddle.–Hope you like him.  There are more photos in…

Originally published on September 21, 2011 Here’s a new Chuckwagon Cook I just finished.  You might recognize the head from the unfinished one in the post before this one.  I had hoped he would be my entry for the over 15″ category but he missed it by 1/4″!!  Going to have to speak to the…

Originally published on September 7, 2011 Here are a couple heads I carved at our Tuesday carve-a-long.  As a rule, I don’t normally work on a current project at these meetings as it’s hard to concentrate and keep up with the conversations and joke telling.  I can, however, almost whip out a quick head study…