My wizard!

[BeckyLil]

I'm not going to claim this was my first attempt. I have several false starts that will never see the light of day. Everything just seemed to come together on this one. I know it isn't perfect but I am pretty proud of it. Smile

Special thanks to Tom H for his help and encouragement and to Gene for his videos.

[Iowa Carver]

Looks darn good to me Becky! You did a nice job. Don't feel bad, I have a lot of bad starts like you did. I don't worry to much about it except when it's a good size piece of wood but so far only one of those... heck it's just wood. Congrats!

Corey

[Buckskin]

I have a box full of won't never see the light of day projects. But, you did great. Like you it was Tom and Gene that helped me "come together" ten fold.

[sccarnes]

girl you nailed it, yes two first class men,
sam

[Bartster]

looks good becky, you did a fine job of carving and painting,


bart

[Eddy-Smiles]

Becky... Beautiful job! There is no such thing as perfection. Enjoy your accomplishment!

[Gulf Coast Handyman]

Becky, very nice job, looks great !!

Dave

[tucker1931]

Way to go Becky, you will not believe how quickly you'll be able to crank those out in a few months time. Heck, I've been at it a year now and I can sure see a BIG difference in my now work to my earkier pieces. You did fine on that one, just keep going girl, you'll be a pro in no time.

Cliff

[gene-messer]

Becky .. you did excellent .. now do a few of them over and your be a ole pro at it in no time ..

Gene

[BeckyLil]

Thanks for all your kind comments. The "wizard project" was my first attempt to carve in the round. I started with a couple of reliefs as carving on only one side of the wood was less intimidating.

Then when I saw the video, Gene made it look so do-able I just had to find the instructions and try it. Tom H helped me there - and then some!

I am nowhere near doing it in 5 minutes. I bet that took close to three hours just to carve, lol. But I got a tremendous sense of accomplishment and I had a ball doing it.

There's another one in process now. I learn a little more with each try so it's all good.

Thanks again for your encouragement. I am having so much fun doing this.