Good grief! I can’t believe it’s been 2 months since my last post. While I’m a little embarrassed for the absence, there were good reasons for it but I won’t list them all here. Let me just say I will endeavor to do a better job to keep you up to date on what’s happening…
Author: Lynn Doughty
I might be a little man in a big world but on our 30 acres I'm the one in charge when the wife's not around!
Rise & Shine!
I was going to post another old video project I came across this morning but, while searching through the files, I came across this little nugget of a piece I did back in 2009. We didn’t do a full video series while making it but maybe this photo/musical video will give you an idea of…
Distant Horizons – Part 2
It’s taken me a while to finally get this lady’s operation finished but here she is with her new head. I think it’s definitely an improvement with the other one. I hope you agree. So, back to the chores around the place. We’re hoping that the approaching fall season will slow things down a bit…
Distant Horizons – Major Repair
Due to some major damage during a move, it was necessary to carve this young lady a new head. In a way I’m glad as I never really was satisfied with the original one. So, after some effort to carve off the old without damaging the body I think the carving ended up much better…
Carving A Saddle – Part 2
With my Saddle now complete, I use a wood stain to color it and then paint the saddle blanket. Lastly a couple coats of Minwax Satin Finish varnish to finish. To complete the Saddle, I use some thin strips of leather and a few brass decorative nails to make the leather ties as shown. I…
Carving a Saddle – Part 1
Here is a new pictorial guide demonstrating how to carve a small saddle. While cutting out the block might appear hard to do, it is really quite easy. Draw the design onto a piece of 3″ basswood. Cut out the blank following the outer lines of the Saddle. To remove the inner area clamp the…
Vultures!
While combing through my older computer files I came across this video series which was a lot of fun creating and will no doubt be just as fun doing it again. It was made over 10 years ago, back when I was using the old Google Blogspot site. When you play the first video there…
Painting “Winter’s Warrior” – Part 4
With this post we wrap up the painting of this figure. The 4 videos on the project are all up on my Youtube channel. I think it turned out much better than I originally thought it would. I like it. So, what’s the next project. Well…….I’ve been looking for something interesting that would appeal to…
Painting “Winter’s Warrior” – Part 3
I took a bit of liberty and jumped ahead with the painting. You didn’t miss much that you haven’t seen before. Everybody want to do a full figure carving so I think we’re just about ready to kick that series off. So, Part 4 should wrap this one up. In the meantime just click on…
Painting “Winter’s Warrior” – Part 2
With the Robe and the feathers painted, in this video we move on to painting the attachments. We might also spiff up the shirt a bit. Looking good so far. Here’s the link to the video: https://youtu.be/92F6hlY0d2A If this series is of help to you and your craft, a small, voluntary donation to help support this…