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Category Archives: Wood Carving
Roly Poly Drawing on Wood
I should probably take my time on this drawing. I want to try to avoid having any wide open cut away areas. I also might like to try more small patterning in areas. Lately I’ve been noticing a lot of woodcuts that use intricate patterning instead of more generic ways of building values and defining [...]
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"Final" Figure Carving
This carving is final, as in “I won’t be messing with it anymore.” It is not final, as in perfect or resolved. Maybe the next one should be head and shoulders or at least head/neck. At any rate, I think this little exercise has helped me understand the figure better and it sure was fun. [...]
Carving continues and injury
I learned that these tools cut real people as effortlessly as they cut wooden people. I punctured my palm with the big C gouge. Messy and painful, but that’s alright. I guess that’s what they call learning the hard way.
Stage 5 on the wood carving…
I was starting to lose enthusiasm for this thing but now I’m very excited. The parts are starting to flow together more. It is starting to look like gravity is pulling on the flesh in a somewhat natural way. Very exciting, but I know I could still blow it.