[Lynn O. Doughty]

Here's a sneak peak of the figure I started today. I think this one ought to be fun with the opportunity of lots of detail. More photos on the Blog. Comments always welcome.

[MelNM]

This is way to cool Lynn, does your blog tell how to do those sunglasses?
Mel

[Iowa Carver]

Lynn, that's going to be a great looking figure! I understand what you are saying on the glasses. for you, your figures are always so smooth ... the faces anyway. Do you do a lot of sanding on your figures and if so do you work up through certain grits? Can't wait to see more of this figure.

Corey

[Lynn O. Doughty]

I do very little sanding. As a final step prior to painting I use a Sand-O-Flex wheel with 320 grit paper to just knock off the sharp edges. This is what gives it the soft look. Here's a link:Sand-O-Flex, Sandpaper – Merit Industries

[tucker1931]

Lynn, spiffy little fella ya got going there. I realize you always carve your heads separately, in this instance is the hat also carved and then added?
Cliff

[Lynn O. Doughty]

Yes. I like to make my hat brims as thin as possible and the only way to do that and still retain some strength is to reorient the grain.

[Lynn O. Doughty]

Here's the head painted. I couldn't to see how he would look. I think he looks great. This is going to be one neat carving even if I do say so myself. If you note the glasses compared to the first photo they seem a little clearer. Believe it or not I polished them on my buffing wheel!!

[Ron T]

Great job Lynn.

Caricature carvers seem to possess, in addition to talent, boundless humor and imagination. Yours is certainly proof of that.

Keep on showing, I'll keep on learning.

[Myron Compton]

Lynn, do you normally carve the head first and then the body last? And by the way, you are off to a great start on this one.....Myron

[Lynn O. Doughty]

I always carve the head first, an exception being Pillsbury's Best as I wanted to make sure I got that "Bod" just right. Having Teddy's head in front of me shows me what I have to do to match it. As it's a little different in size to my normal figures I'll have to come up with a new pattern for the profile. Another reason is that I haven't really decided on just what I want the figure to be doing. Teddy was known to "Carry a Big Stick", having a "Bear" named after him and always saying the word "Bully". I want to work some of that into the piece to carry the theme of his personality.