| Blog series by Roger Strautman | updated 960 days ago | 2 parts | 399 reads | 15 comments total |
Part 1: Getting an idea.
I thought that some of you LJs might be interested in seeing a carving project come together from start to finish so this years large carving project I will bolg for you. Keep in mind that this just doesn’t happen over night so this will happen over the next couple of months. Every now and then I can come up with an idea of my own, The Shroud, but I also will use pictures and modify them to my needs. This year I chose to use a picture for my large carving of the year. Now this might ...
Part 2: Roughout and Pictures.
After I get the idea from a picture and the drawings are done it’s time for the roughtout of the basic elements and too get tons of reference pictures that will be used throughout this project. I should point out that I’m going to use all natural woods so some thought had to go into want woods will look good together, contrast, along with which woods will give the affects of realism. My wood selections are as follows. Cross=basswood and walnut, Linen=butternut, Candleholder=butter...
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