steve kelly
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Thanks Rob....Your three makes 6 ten's...I don't know what to say?!?....High Fives all around!
Well... It is difficult to give advice to a fellow carver, as I mentioned if you want to make more portraits of people I would make them side view, a side view gives more information about the facial treats of the person and on top of it they are easier to carve. Three quarter views are great but the most difficult part is carving the nose in the right angle related to the face. I've seen many carvings where the nose is not aligned in the same axe as the face and they look awful.Toni....Thank you for the complement!...I really appreciate it!... From the things I have seen you carve, You are definitely a lot more accomplished carver that I am....Is there anything that you would have done differently? or any other advice?...I would be most appreciative!
Hi Steve, maybe I didn't explain myself well, when I mentioned removing the surrounding wood, I meant removing it all up to the edge of the wood or to where the carved frame starts, not just making a wide deep groove around the relief. If your planks are 1 inch thick you could carve 3/4 of it and leave 1/4 for the background.Thank you Toni....I appreciate the info...It all makes perfect sense....Now that I have done all three....The profile view is definitely easier to carve.
Your right about the carving not popping out...I even have it undercut most of the way around except at the bottom...If I could find, in my area, poplar wood planks that are more then one inch thick, I would definitely take out more of the background in-order to make that carving pop!...I'm working with only one eighth of remaining wood...Thanks again for your insight!