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Old 03-30-2009, 01:43 AM
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Default Santa ornament (My first Santa carving!)
R-Olds posted some of his ornaments from the tutorial at Carving Instruction and I decided to give it a shot. I've admired the work I've seen other members post here and but had never tried a Santa of any type or any painting on my carvings. But the tutorial made it look soooo easy. The tutorial didn't mention how much fun it would be! I really enjoyed carving and painting it and am fairly pleased with the results. I plan to do another ornament for additional practice and then see if a full in-the-round figure is equally fun, so if anyone has any recommendations or patterns for that, I would really appreciate the information. Thanks again to Randall for posting his work and the link!
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Old 03-30-2009, 06:03 AM
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you did excellent for your first like that .. your painting is also very impressive .. a excellent job for your first attempt at a santa

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Old 03-30-2009, 07:20 AM
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That's a terrific first Santa. And the fun is the addicting part.
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Old 03-30-2009, 09:17 AM
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That is a good first santa. I love the eyes--especially the bags under them. Often, the eyes are what draws attention to any carving so if you can get them "right" , the rest of it flows together.

My first santas were Ron Ransom's and T. Wolf's patterns and they have several books. The were easy starters from a block of wood and could be cut with a band saw or coping saw. Sabol has lots of action and flow to his santa patterns if you want to look for his book.

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Yea Buddy! Really nice job you did! Very neatly carved details and your painting is outstanding!! WAYyyyyyyyyyyyy To Go!

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Excellent....now do about 20 more for the ornament swap later this year lol
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Nicely carved and Painted!
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Excellent first Santa carving. As for MY first Santa carving... no one will be seeing it.

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Wow...the expressiveness of the eyes on your Santa is wonderful. You set the bar high. Thanks for the link to the Santa tutorial.
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Old 03-30-2009, 07:43 PM
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Outstanding work! I've been doing a few of these,i wish mine came out like this...
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