Day in the park with grandma & pop

Blinky Bill · #11 10-21-2007, 01:41 PM

G'day again,
well, this is now probably as finished as it will get. I'm not as pleased with it as I'd hoped to be......but it was fun to do and it has shown me a few things that I need to improve on......practice, practice, practice!!
Anyway, for what it's worth here they are. Pop is tallest at about 4 1/4 inches high and Jimmy is smallest at 2 1/2 inches....there is a small (1/2 inch bird on the back of the bench but my camera wouldn't show it properly. Largest of the ducks is 1 inch stem to stern....The weird "spaceship" is actually a glue-up of scraps to form a blank for the tree....Thanks for taking the time to look.
John in Australia

Blinky Bill · #12 10-21-2007, 01:48 PM

Last of the pics.........Haven't been on for a while, my computer had a coronary and spent a week in intensive care

Kenny_S · #13 10-21-2007, 03:00 PM

Nice scene John. Love it. I will be checking on that Tulip Oak when we come ov er next year. Have friends in Brisbane That we see every year. They come over or ewe go over. Luckly, for our pocket book, they come over more than we go over.
Again, Nice carving scene.

Thomp · #14 10-21-2007, 04:02 PM

binky,

glad to see you got controll on the amount you added to it.

i cant ever seam to stop.
guess i need to start with the base and when its filled i quit...

glad to see some one else plays with the scraps like in your space ship.
normally i dont toss out anything but chips as i can find use for small scraps like birds white lightnig jugs or fish...

thanks for showing us
thomas..

Claude · #15 10-21-2007, 08:21 PM

Very nice scene, Bill. You certainly do carve small, though

Claude

feb · #16 10-21-2007, 08:52 PM

John, I've wached for this since your first post great family you've got there you've done a mighty fine job. Glad your machine is up and running again. Feb

chpster90bu · #17 10-21-2007, 10:57 PM

John.....wonderful scene...the whole thing! Good grief, that's small! I like Pop the best...looks like "my pop" when he was alive. Lots of little things to look at here, and I like the lil' birdie, too! Bonnie

squbrigg · #18 10-22-2007, 08:33 AM

Splendid idea, a scene piece by piece. Nicely carved and painted. Keep up the good work.

Bob

Blinky Bill · #19 10-24-2007, 12:30 AM

Again my thanks for all your kind and encouraging words, they mean a lot to me coming from such talented folk......Thankyou!!
John

tnartist05 · #20 10-24-2007, 09:00 AM

John you really did a great job carving the different pieces in this little park. Not only are your carvings nicely done but your painting on everything really brought it all together just right! GREAT JOB Tn~