Don Quixote - Part 7

Here's part 7.  The forehead and eyes.

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Le Chef - Part 2

I got around to pretty well finishing the carving of this figure.  Still have to add a couple more small details but he's basically done.  The chicken is in two parts to get him into the cook's fist.  The feet and head are soaked in Super Glue to give them more strength which explains the different color.  Still have to do the hardwood base.

I think he's really turning out great and can't wait to start the paint job.  Hope you like him.

Don Quixote - Part 6

And Part-6.

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Don Quixote - Part 5

Here's Part 5 of this series.

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Le Chef

Now sure what this guy is cooking but I don't think I'll place an order.  He'll have a cigarette handing out the side of his mouth, no doubt to let the ashes drop in the soup to give it some extra flavor.  Couple more photos in the gallery but this is an original so no copies please.  Hope you like him and your comments are always welcome.

Don Quixote - Part 4

Continuing to rough out the head. I would suggest, when watching the video, to click on the title beneath the video below to watch it on the Vimeo website. You will get a larger picture and you can download it from there should you wish.

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Don Quito - Part 3

Here is the next video.  We continue to block out the head and face.

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Don Quixote - Part 2

Okay, here's the second part and the first video in this series.  In it we first make sure our tools are in good condition and then we cut out the head blank.  We're going to make the video segments shorted than previous and edit out some of the things we've already covered to speed up the process.  Don't worry though, you'll still see anything new in it's complete form and also any mistakes or corrections I make along the way.   For those who have followed this blog for a while should have no trouble with this but if a carver just joining needs some in depth instruction I'd recommend going back to one of the previous projects to get the entire process.

So, here we go.  One more word.....if you jump too far ahead of the posts you might find the rest of us have headed off in a different direction.  It would be best to just follow along as the videos appear.  We'll try and keep it active.


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Don Quixote - Part one

Well, that didn't take long.  As soon as I saw Mark's comment the juices started flowing again.   He said Conquistador and my first thought was Don Quixote as that opens up so many opportunities to do something really neat with the added chance of maybe incorporating some new techniques outside of the normal woodcarving genre.  We can do a bust, a full figure, even a figure on a horse and if we really want to push the envelope we can even carve his trusty companion, Sancho Panza.   Like I said....endless opportunities.

But first we will do the head and after Goggling around the images of this character I found two that will start us on our quest for our own illusive windmill.  The painting to the left illustrates the type of helmet we will attempt and the other picture in the Gallery will be the face we'll be after as I want him to look kind of sad and certainly worn out from his search.

So, sharpen your knives cause here we go!

Any Suggestions?

I've been setting here trying to think up a good project for our next video series.  Now, I know that some of you are really interested in putting a Cowboy on a horse but I'm not really open to that one yet as I've just finished doing that and would like to try something else.  So, I'm open to any suggestions provided they can be done by an intermediate carver who's pretty good at the basics of carving but would like to stretch themselves a bit.

Put your suggestion in a comment below.  Thanks.