I swear....if I do one more Mexican the INS will be showing up at my front gate! This is it! No more Mexicans! At least for a while.-
This one started out to be another Bottlestopper but the head turned out so well that I thought it warrented either a complete figure or at least a bust treatment. Considering that the Dayton show is just a few days away I thought I would try and get something done before I left so a bust it's going to be.
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I did a similar one a long time ago which won a 1st place ribbon at the big show in Davenport. This ones a little simpler but should be a lot more colorful with the serape, the neckerchief, his shirt which will receive some special treatment and a fancy sombrero. It's an impressive size of about 10" tall with the walnut base and I plan on offering it at a very reasonable price so it should go pretty quick. At least I hope so otherwise it ketchup and crackers for the wife and me on our trip to Ohio! Only kidding. As just about all I've been turning out lately speaks spanish I did this one pretty quick. I carved the head and hat in about 2 hours down at our weekly carving session and whipped out the lowerpart and the base yesterday afternoon.
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I will use this figure to demonstrate the wet-on-wet painting technique as the last post on the Pancho Bottlestopper series. That way you will be able to see how I do some of the more intricate brushwork. While I'll do this painting before the Dayton show I might not have the time to get the Blog post up.
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There are a few more photos in the Gallery and your comments are always welcome.
Lynn,this looks interesting for a project. I finished my poncho today,His hat looks like a pirate hat,but I think the next one will better. I paid tribute to you by carving my poncho with only the tools you mentioned. I already use a stanely 199 for rough out work but until now have not tried to use it 100%. I will return to tradtional knives for the next project,I just thought it would be fun to try your style with your tools of choice and I think I did well until the eyes. Anyway I'll paint it tomarrow and should post photos Mon. ot tues.Arnie
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Lynn for showing us step by step on how to do you of youe carvings. I look so forward to logging on and checking out your latest. I have developed all of the pictures of Pancho and have formed a book for future reference. Thanks again.....Myron C.
ReplyDeleteHELLO LYNN:
ReplyDeleteHope you don't get deported for bringing in all those south of the boarder citizens HA! HA!. Better get your green card UPDATED,just incase.
Good choise for paint demo.as always "YOU MAKE MY DAY".
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