homage to mucha - wip

gene messer · #21 02-10-2008, 10:55 PM

Doris .. You just keep making it look so easy .. I know it;s not .. but your talent amazes me sometime with your beautiful work ..

Gene

Jim OH · #22 02-11-2008, 12:53 AM

Wow Doris,
That is going to be an excellent carving. Thanks so much for sharing!
Jim OH

squbrigg · #23 02-11-2008, 09:00 AM

Beautiful work, enjoying following your progress. Well done.

Bob

doris · #24 02-11-2008, 10:35 AM

thank you all for your encouraging words, these mean alot to me :-)
susie, i followed your advise with make tools really sharp, and it goes better :-) i am sharpening not enough anyway, too lazy, and in usual circumstances cuts are clean this way too. but here it makes a whole difference . thanks !! ...
i did carve the flowers today, these were fun, despite the difficulties with the arkward places..some small "design changes" happened too ;-) ...lol...... next i will carve the face, as you can see this is still very rough... thanks for looking and commenting

A Willburger · #25 02-11-2008, 12:17 PM

Your carving is coming along nicely can't wait to see it done.

Andy

Fred Zavadil · #26 02-12-2008, 06:36 PM

Doris, you sound like me, I do not like sharpening very much... but you will be able to better "attack" the hard reachable places and the grain.
Your carving looks very nice, I like the flowers following the edge, your curls should be good - you got the "Mucha" lines right.
Fred

PS: My avatar is a cut out from a decorative panel I carved - found inspiration in Fine Stones, this one is Emerald - changed face and design, kept the body position.

doris · #27 02-13-2008, 10:47 AM

hi fred, thanks for letting me know about your avatar, so i was a little off, did not know those posters, that is i did know only topas, but have now looked them. beautiful, and nice way how you made it your own too...

so, this might be the last post before i finish... (sorry the lightning is so very poor this time)...the face is there, she got my nose (not the best choice i admit ;-)), but still need cut the eye, and maybe i want change expression a little too... i cleaned up the difficult places as good as i can, and worked on the backpart mainly then...

i made an experiment, and would like to know your opinion on it...
in drawing there are several ways how you can make your strokes, to emphasis the nature of what you are drawing... i tried this in this carving too. when you look the decorative ribbon on her bun is cut with very "hard" edges, to give it a sharpness and clearity, while the hair on her back head, i tried to carve the lines "more out of focus" to give the feeling of soft hair which is slightly in motion from a soft breeze...

do you think this works, or do you rather feel irritated from the "non-sharpness" of the hair lines

JimSawyer · #28 02-13-2008, 11:18 AM

Myself, I think it's beautiful! I think you spot on with the hair. Nothing about it irritated me. Actually it's pretty inspiring!

A Willburger · #29 02-13-2008, 01:43 PM

I like the difference between the way you carved the hair and the ribbon it works for me.
Andy

Irishman · #30 02-13-2008, 06:50 PM

Doris, I only have praise for your carvings thus far. I have never carved a profile so I am learning as you share your progress. I'm waiting to see how you maintain the look of a cheekbone while the finer parts of the face take shape. It's there below the eye from what I see so far. Another thing, with all the faces I have carved, I have never carved an ear yet. My gargoyle will have them eventually. The next shots should be impressive. Good work.

Patrick