Hooray! With the posting of Part 18 to Youtube this series is complete. I haven’t posted the last several parts but you can find them here: http://www.youtube.com/user/lodoughty We hope you’ve enjoyed following along with this project and would appreciate any comments you might have. We’re already in the process of coming up with the next…
Category: Sculpture
Native American Project – Part 14
With the carving tools put away, we start to use some techniques you might not be familiar with but once you try them they just might add a new way to make your pieces stand out from the others. To me, learning new methods to enhance my work is half the fun of woodcarving. Comments…
Native American Project Part 13
Well, it’s been a couple of rough weeks around the ranch which I hope explains the absence of a few Blog posts. To sum it up….I had a Kidney Stone, a trip the the emergency ward, surgery, and a few days recovering in my recliner. NOT a fun experience. Thankfully, everything went well, the stones…
Native American Project – Part 7
The Base. To me, just as important as the carving. Now I know that not all of you out there will not be able to duplicate what I show here but I’m also sure that you’re skilled enough to come up with your own solution to the problem of mounting your carving. I also know…
Native American Project – Part 6
At last! We get to do some detailing. Be calm and take your time. Comments welcome.
Native American Project – Parts 4 and 5
Whoops! There was so much going on around here that I forgot to make a post of Part 4 of this series so I’ll include it here with Part 5. I don’t think I’ve mentioned it but Judy and I have lived in a Log Cabin for the past 30 years and, while enjoying it,…
Native American – Part 3
Aside from a little touch up on the face we are now ready to set it aside for a while to start considering the type of a body and detail we can use for the bust. As this is a teaching exercise I think we will keep it simple but still add enough details to…
Native American Project – Part 2
In part two we address the nose and the mouth. While doing this remember the actual anatomy of the facial muscles to get the best result. One can deviate a little but, in this case at least, distorting these details too much could result in something that’s not correct with the overall figure. Take your…
Carving A Native American – Part 1
With this new series we hope to show the progression of carving a Native American Plains Indian from the raw piece of wood to the finished and mounted figure. As it will be an in-depth project, it will no doubt take a while to get to the end of it. In this first video, I…
Bottle Top Indian
Well, I started out hoping to find a way to create these videos on my own so I could relieve Judy of the chore of holding the camera. Unfortunately, that idea didn’t work out. So, we’re back to her holding the camera and trying to keep up with me. Sorry Sweetie! As I’ve mentioned before,…