Yes I have carved another Santa ornament; this one is a bit different
than the others though. This one has less of a cartoony feel to it so I will
need to take this into account when I paint it, or will I. Why do I have to
paint it any different than any of my others that I have painted? I will decide
today because hopefully I will get out the paints and get at it today. I am not
only trying to improve my carving abilities but I am also working on the
process, trying to hone the way in which I start and finish. Unfortunately
there are no carving groups in my area so I rely on magazines and a DVD or two
to build the process from. I, even after a gracious gift of carving tools from
a friend, am still shy of all the tools referred to in either the magazines or
the DVD’s.
But you grow from experience not supplies, so I work with
the wonderful set I have and try and grow as a carver from there. Many times
for me it is not what I can’t do that gets me in trouble yet what I can do. I
am impatient and at times simply rush the process and don’t follow the same
steps every time, this I am working to change. I want to build process that I
use every time, so that I can recreate a carving that I did, and to have some consistency
in my work. It is a process, painful at times, but a process none the less.
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