Santa with Walking Stick

This Santa is 4 inches tall. I used a piece of tile for a base. I painted the beard first with yellow, mainly in the grooves, then burnt sienna, and then with an off white (light butternut) on the ridges. This is the first time I tried painting this way. I need a little more work on this technique. I would like to see more yellow showing. I like the outcome enough to do this again.

 

Pumkin Carving

A couple years ago I started carving faces on pumpkin's for Halloween. I'm enjoying having the trick or tweeters making comments on the faces. The  one with the mustache was carved a couple weeks ago so it has gained some mold and lost some facial features.

King and Queen

The King and Queen completes the chess set that has a Christmas theme. The King represents Father Christmas. I wanted a older look of Christmas, of the time of giving without the commercial of gifts. The Queen was hard for me as I came with several choices. I like the way she turned out and is a very important figure in chess as well as life. So now it is the time to play.

 

Knights and Bishops

The Knights were carved as reindeer. I super glued the antlers to add some strength. It also gave a little sheen to the antlers when I painted them. The Bishops give a religious flavor for the Christmas theme of this chess set. One of my favorite times of this season is the candle light services. I enjoy the music although I'm not a good singer.

Rook

The Rook is sometimes called the Castle which I have called it. Reading history it was call a tower and it might be called that in some parts of the world. I carved the Rook as a chimney at 4 1/2 inch tall. Of coarse we know santa didn't come down the chimney to deliver toys, but the stories and songs delight us at Christmas. 

Pawns

The beginning of the year I started carving a chess set. The pieces are based on the Christmas story. The pawns are 1 1/4 inch square by 4 inches tall. Both sides are the same except for the colors. One side is red and the other side is green. Carving so many pawns the faces have different looks. As the story goes these would be the helpers building toys for Santa to deliver on Christmas eve.

Troll

While sitting around at the campground I started to carve this 4 inch tall Troll. I didn't like how it looked, so it was campfire wood. I started another one and corrected my mistakes from the first one. It was a challenge for me and I'm happy with the result. It has a finish of Danish oil.

Tear Drop Santa

Leroy gave a class on this Tear Drop Santa at West Glacier. It is 3 1/2 inch tall by 2 by 2 inches. I cut the wood round on three sides. I carved the tear shape leaving the square side for the face. Draw an oblong circle and carve in the face. I intend to carve several for this Christmas season.

Puffin

I had a great time at West Glacier Rendezvous in August. I gave a class in carving a Puffin and took a couple of classes. This Puffin is 2 by 2 inches by 4 inches tall. I carved it as an ornament. 

Expressions

This was a rough out of six basic facial expressions from Phil Bishop. They are sadness, anger, joy, fear, disgust, and surprise. It didn't come with a picture, so I hope I come close to what the face should look like. Also it wasn't wood, it was easy to carve although it was stringy. I have a new camera so the colors are off.