WIP Indian

[Mottles]

Hi All, and you thought I'd given up Basswood for Bark--tee hee fooled ya.
Been working on this project off and on for a little while. Thought I'd share a little WIP with ya.
You know how things are when you have an idea in mind on how you want your carving to look. Well, I should have grabbed some reference photo's on how bandana's are tied around a head. I had already carved in some deep furrows where the bandana meets the hair line on each side. The bandana would have two deep creases on each side and wouldn't look right. Sooooo the hair will just have to stay on the outside rather on the inside. I'll be more careful and check references closer next time. Soooooo I'll just have to make this one work.
As always appreciate your comments,
Kathy

[wildhare]

Kathy, I didn't see your direction in the first photo, but I definately did in the second one.

I like him,in spite of your bandana mishap. Great save.

How big is he?
Wanda

[Sharon of the Dell]

Kathy, so far so good! i know you will bring him to life!

[Ron T]

Hi Kathy,

He looks just fine with his hair "out". Good carving.

[Ron T]

Originally Posted by Sharon of the Dell

Kathy, so far so good! i know you will bring him to life!

Hi Sharon,

Good seeing you on the board. Do you have internet at home now?

[feb]

Kathy, looks nice so far you'll get it worked out

Feb

[Mottles]

Wanda, Sharon, Ron T, Feb

The roughout stage is what I call the ugly stage and sometimes hard to determine how it will all turn out...somehow it does thank goodness.
Thank you all, for posting and for your nice comments. I'll have another update soon.
Kathy

[Sharon of the Dell]

Originally Posted by Ron T

Hi Sharon,

Good seeing you on the board. Do you have internet at home now?

Thanks Ron! We're connected now.Sorry for hyjacking Kathy. I sure missed you all!

[doris]

hi kathy,,, i see you feel now more confident with carving mouths :-)... i don´t see what you mean with the bandana would make to deep creases on the sides...as you have it now on the front, the creases don´t look deep at all, and in my opinion, this way would not disturb on the side view...but, maybe you wanted go with a strictly geometric stylized outline ? is that the reason why you say they disturb,,,just curious for your reasoning...

[Dan Wegiel]

"The ugly stage". I know exactly what you mean Kathy, looking at a piece during that stage is sometimes very disappointing and then all of a sudden you take off more wood and there it is, not so ugly anymore. Looks like a good start and I'm glad you're doing it from your imagination instead of looking at a reference pic, originality.
Dan