Originally posted on Sunday, September 20, 2009 I came across this photo the other day while looking for Bunkhouse reference material. While I’ve made potbelly stoves in the past I’d never considered a box style. It’s clear that the fellas gathered around this heater are not Cowboys but it would be an easy matter to…
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Bound For Rendezvous!
Originally published on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Here is a really nice piece I did quite a few years ago. It was the first one where I experimented with making water so it was really a lot of fun figuring out just how to do it. The technique is really quite simple, especially in this…
Out West Gallery Raffle
Okie Joe, considering that he grew up in Oklahoma, informed me that he would like to help generate some new and continued interest in the Out West Blog site. He’s also indicated that even though he’s an Oklahoma Boy he would like to check out some new territory. To that end we’ve decided to conduct…
Tequila Sunrise – Part 2
Originally published on August 6, 2008 Just how that poor fella can sleep with those two around is beyond me!!! You might remember these two smiling faces from my post some time back on making a paper manikin. Well….they’re back! That’s Hannah with an “H” on the left and Miriam with an “M” on the…
Chung Lee – Parts 1, 2, and 3
Part 1: This post will cover the carving of the head. You’ll note that I have not included his mustache, his beard or his Que. We’ll add them in the next post. The reason I’m doing it this way is that they will be somewhat fragile and if we carved them from the original block…
Teddy – The Rough Rider
Originally Published on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Teddy Roosevelt always seemed to me to be an excellent character to make a caricature of, especially in his role as a Rough Rider. After searching through all the available photos on the web I found the one I posted in the gallery that I’m using as a…
The Wife’s New Horse
Saturday, May 03, 2008 Since Judy’s first horse Sugar foundered just after the big ice storm last year and had to be put down we’ve been on the lookout for a new one. Finally, after almost two years I think we’ve found one.– Misty is a 7 year old registered paint mare and measures about…
Beans Again?
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Here’s another figure done a lot smaller than I normally carve. He’s about 7″ tall not counting the base. Some people prefer this size over the larger ones although their a little harder to detail when working on a smaller scale. However, I have to admit they still make a nice…
Joshua Puts His Face On!
Monday, February 18, 2008 I sat down and painted Joshua’s head this afternoon and the result was so neat that I thought I would show him off.-I have found the secret to painting a Black character and that’s that you don’t use any black paint! I used the following colors for his face:–Red Iron Oxide-Yellow Ochre-Midnight…
Elementor #3298
Monday, December 10, 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…