By the suggestion of a friend and fellow carver what once was a mere carving is now a bottle stopper.

On a side note what is fun for me is that the frame around the image behind the bottle stoppers was made from barn wood from my gram pa's barn in Nebraska. This is actually a display I use when doing craft shows, so every craft show a little piece of Nebraska and my family is with me.

as always, 

"Good night and May God bless"

draw

As I was working on some study sticks for casting in an effort for working on facial expressions I carved the pencil to the left. It happen just by chance I had carved the face from a piece of scrap wood and after detailing the face I carved the pencil around the features just to finish it off in a fun way.

Upon sharing this on my pages, some folks showed interest and I carved three more mixing up the facial features and working on improving on areas I felt were weak with my faces. While carving the three and reviewing them after painting a cartoon I had sketched years ago came to mind and from there my mind came up with a thought for yet another pencil carving.




And so I carved the final one today, cowboy pencil who's not afraid to challenge anyone to draw. Corny yes, but funny, well I think so.

as always,

"Good night and May God bless"