Originally published in 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. Jim Willis will be there and he is one of the best at carving animals and has agreed to help me out. Really looking forward to it as I think I need to improve in that area.
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This piece is a little more realistic than my normal caricatures as I wanted to see what my normal carving techniques would look like when applied to that type of figure. I think she looks pretty good. When finished she will have an Elks tooth decorated dress along with the beaded strips which haven’t been burned yet. She stands about 17 to 18 inches to the tip of her feather. Will also be quite a bit of painting and detail work on her so she should be a pretty striking figure.
(A couple days later…)
With the visitors and the 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 drop or dollop of epoxy on the hanging beads with really bring them to life over just paint alone. You can see it in the closeup.
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