Lookin' For A Winner!

I guess you can tell that I'm into the "L's" now. This is a really pleasing little scene. It stands about 11" tall including the base. I completed it back in '99, again during my "closed eye" period. The figure is small...about 8" tall if he were standing.

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I used an old trick or rule that I learned from art composition classes by having the figure look toward the larger area of the scene. This makes you do the same thing and by doing that focuses your attention toward the saddle. Had I tipped his head a little more to where he was looking directly at the saddle this would draw your attention even more to that area. Just as a painter does when composing his picture a sculptor or woodcarver must take these rules into account. I've seen so many good carvings that were ruined simply by not being oriented in the correct way.

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I made the fence out of scrap out of the woodbox. Once I had the seperate pieces cut I whittled them to give some texture and then doweled and glued them together. Prior to gluing I made sure that the figure sat securely on the fence and that his feet matched the rail they rested on. He was doweled to the fence on both rails. The saddle was just doweled twice on the top rail.

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Hope you like him and your comments are always welcome. More photos in the Gallery.