[Greyhair]

Lynn
I have been an admirer of your work for as long as you have been posting it on the site. One of the things that I have noticed is that a significant amount of your detail work is done by burning. What is the determining factor(s) that you look at when deciding whether to burn or carve the detail? I do not see any recognizable pattern in your work when you do one or the other.
Thanks for sharing and letting us learn.
GreyHair

[Shimmy]

Lynn, you really are somethin.! One carving always better and better.Love everything you do. Shimmy

[Lynn O. Doughty]

GreyHair......I carve all the detail and only use a burner to highlight the seperations between the various pieces of the detail. Also, deep folds or wrinkles will get a light applicaton of the burning pen.

When the scale of an object becomes small like the characters we carve generally are the associated details also are reduced, some to the point that they are really no longer evident. Applying a fine dark like will bring them back. Also, burning between areas of different color stops any paint from bleeding over into areas it's not supposed be in.

[Mottles]

Hi Lynn, went to your blogspot so I could see the whole carving. As always your carving and paint skills always shows excellence. I love the way your carvings always tell a story with titles that match so well.
Kathy

[Kenny_S]

Definitely movement in this one. Even a smile. That is a little different than your usual long faces.
I understand your style and No offense meant here, but when are you going to step out of your comfort zone and carve something different. I think it would be a interesting piece.

[Lynn O. Doughty]

Something different????? Kenny I've never met a cowboy that wasn't different than the one I'd met earlier! Granny is going to make her appearance ..... maybe later today. Hopefully, that will put to rest the unfounded rumors that I can only carve figures from the old west. But....after that diversion, it's back to the subjects I love best.

[Ashbys]

Lynn ,

When you frist posted granny , I looked at the dress she was wearing and saw that you had her in a dress out of period. Then you just added more and more, to enhance the piece and take it out the timeline of what we have seen you do. I am looking forward to seeing it, I am sure it is another amazing piece .

Ash

[tucker1931]

Lynn, as usual and expected from you, another excellent carving, details details, details, remarkable. PLEASE bring on Granny, I'm looking forward to seeing the old darlin.
Cliff

[Kenny_S]

Ok, I know Ganny isn't the only woman you have carved and looking at the pictures you actually did carve something different. The face isn't your usual style. Don't get me wrong Lynn, I like your style or carving and learn a lot from you and your Blog. Keep on Keeping on.