Someone once said “A man has to realize his limitations!” Well, I’ve found a new one. Setting down to video the next episode of Jack Rabbit, I found that what was once a fairly easy thing for me to do was no longer possible. My hand holding the brush was just too shaky to paint…
Category: Sculpture
Jack Rabbit – Part 2 Painting the Chuckwagon Cook
Moving to the upper part of the body, and addressing the problem with a lousy spray bottle, we continue adding color to the smiling Cook. Comments welcome.
Jack Rabbit – Painting the Chuckwagon Cook – Part 1
Wow! You folks are hungry! I posted the first Video of this new series yesterday afternoon but didn’t have a chance to make the Blog entry. On checking this morning there were already over 300 views so what I type here will be old news to a lot of you. But I ain’t complaining! No…
The Skinner – Part 3 – Finishing Up!
Just a few words to wrap up this project….I think we accomplished what we set out to do, i.e., produce a carving of a wiry character from the old west. I hope you agree. As always, comments are welcome. Now, on to the next project.
Painting “The Skinner” Part-2
I was hoping that we could wrap this piece up with 2 segments but it was not to be. So, this one is devoted to deciding just what colors we can use to carry the dark and shifty mood of the piece. I think we did that as you will see at the end of…
Painting “The Skinner” – Part 1
It seems ages since Judy and I did a new video series so we thought we’d invite you to tag along as I painted and finished up this frontier scallywag. I just hope we can remember all the various steps to produce a video. At the moment I’m reading the book “Last Stand”, by George…
Charlie Red Horse
Originally published in June, 2010: “Finally got Charlie off the paint table and in front of the camera. I think he turned out great. Really like the robe designs. They are a combination of several I found through research the web and in the books I have on hand. He looks pretty regal to me. …
Captain Jack
Original published in July, 2012 “Finished this fella up this morning. The reason the colors on the face look mottled is because I went back after he was varnished and darkened the red. As the wood was sealed the additional color is setting on the surface and did not soak in as it normally does….
Burnt Biscuits
One thing for sure….when the boys come riding in at daybreak after a hard night in the saddle and see the carbonized texture of these sinkers any atta-boys the cook managed to accumulate will quickly disappear!-I did this one back in ’02 and believe me it was fun not only in creating this scene it…
Burning Leather on the 6666
Originally published in June, 2009. – “I thought the brand of this ranch was unique and would make a good item to build a scene around. As is evident from the carving the wrangler’s iron is hot and he’s waiting for the boys to drag over the next one so he can apply the company’s…