Saturday, February 16, 2008 What a great subject to carve! The book Lonesome Dove and it’s associated TV series is loaded with material and characters so rich in detail that just saying their names gives me a whiff of cattle herds and trail dust. I thought it would be neat to try and carve some…
Category: Sculpture
“Distant Drums” – Finished
Wednesday, February 12, 2008 All that paint finally dried so here is the carving all finished. If you compare the photos here with those on the “First Look” post you’ll note that the telegraph pole was lengthened quite a bit. I did this because the first pole was just too short. It would have made…
Hard Luck Horse Ranch – Part 3
Friday, January 25, 2008 Here is the Hard Luck Horse Ranch completed. It turned out real well. I settled on coloring the horse as a bay with three white socks. One thing you have to remember when painting a horse with colored socks is that if the sock is white the hoof on that leg…
Hard Luck Horse Ranch – Part 2
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 With this post we’ll wrap up this little base building project. You’ll note I’ve change the name of the post. I’ve done a lot of these scenes so this will make this one unique from the others. – There are a lot of different steps in this post but none are…
Hard Luck Horse Ranch – Part 1
Saturday, January 19, 2008 This project will show how I go about making a scene for a cow pony I just finished. I’ve made this same scene a gazillion times and folks seem to really like it as it sells just as soon as the paint dries. As we just finished carving a horse back…
Billy Black Bear
Thursday, January 17, 2008 This figure was an experiment in making a Bear Claw Necklace. I have done this type of detail on other full figures so this time I thought it would be a challenge to try something completely different. I guess you could say that I worked backwards, first making the necklace then…
War Bonnet – Part 9 – Putting It All Together!
Thursday, January 10 2008 Finally! Boy, for a while there I thought I’d never see the end of this project. – When I first started this piece my goal was to do something that would really catch the viewers attention while also displaying my carving and painting abilities. I know that might sound a little egotistic…
War Bonnet – Part 8 – Finishing Up The Head
(Note: The two little girls in the photo have all grown up! Hannah, on the right, graduated college, is married, and not lives in Kentucky. Miriam, is on her final year in college and will, on graduation, be moving to Dallas, TX. Time flies!!) Sunday, January 06, 2008 I don’t know which I should be…
War Bonnet – Part 7 – Adding Some Color
December 16, 2007 With the carving finished it’s time to get the paints out. It’s hard to put into words how to do a visual medium so I’ll take as many photos as I can as I work my way through these next steps. Just remember, it’s not too easy to paint “wet” while also…
War Bonnet – Part 6 – Tassels & Feathers
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 As everything outside is frozen solid with an ongoing ice storm I thought I’d go ahead and post the work I finished today. As you can see I’ve added the two braids and burnt in a lot of the detail. The reason for burning now instead of waiting until everything is…