[Irishman]

Here are my first Christmas related carvings. I had a few slabes of maple and a small length of ash to experiment with. The piece dove came from one of the magazines from carving illustrated. This is the first time painting my carvings so be gentle with your comments.
Patrick

[Ashbys]

Nice carving Pat !

Well done paint tooooooooooo.....................

I still have a few Santa to do can I send them to you .....


Ash

[Kenny_S]

Now that is different on the middle picture. The hair, mustash and beard all different. I like it. Well, I like them all.

[GeorgiaCarver]

Nice job, I appreciate you sharing those works with us. I love the spirt face guy, lots of character.

Greg

[Lightningbolt]

Well, they sure look good to me!

Especially the "Santa-spirit" in the middle. I really like the way that you did his beard with the gouging effect instead of the more "streamlined" v-gouged spirit beards. Definitely make's it a Santa!

Thank's for posting!

[squbrigg]

Geez Patrick, that's cool. I swear that center Santa/Spirit spoke to me! I'd better change medications!!!

Really, the spirit is awesome work, the eyes look so real, you keep expecting him to wink!

Bob

[Marci MN]

Beeuuutiful!! I like all three!

[Irishman]

Thanks everyone. I didn't have anything specific in mind when I started carving the slab so that's why you see a hodge podge of pictures. The piece dove was something I also wanted to try...and quite simple really. If you think you recognize the santa like wood spirit its because it was the same peice I used for the small tutorial I did on carving a bushy mustache. I didn't like the stain on the ash so I decided to try painting it in the holiday colors.
Patrick

[Hi_Ho_Sliver]

Well....I like'm! you did a great job especially on the little santa! But then I painted for many many years and guess I am biased towards painted carvings.

[slivers&dust]

did you say first time painting?

GREAT job on paint and carving. The face on the center santa is really great.