Thread: Who Said I'm Early

Clearly, you've applied the skill set that you already have. Good paint. I like the crisp lines among the various carved elements. I can't do that yet, still a bit chewed up/raggedy.

Great effort for a first time. Painting is very much in the 'kids toy' style with bright colours and clean lines. My guess is this is a 'formula' work... ie) follow the step by step instructions for a predictable result. Nothing wrong with that... in fact I reckon its the best way to learn if you haven't got someone at your elbow to teach you.

Just a suggestion... if you can round the face a bit next time so that the cheeks on either side of the nose are not quite so protuberant... or alternatively, the nose is more so. When viewed from the front he looks fine, but when viewed from the side there is very little difference between nose and cheeks. I'm pretty sure this is a fault in the design... not your ability to carve. If this is worth pursuing for you, find a pattern that gives you a bit more realism in the face, one that sets more realistic angles in the facial planes.

Otherwise he's a great example of the genre.

Thank you both for the comments.

And thank you Whittling as this is the kind of feed back that I need. Still have a lot to learn but I will get there

Originally Posted by Whittling

Great effort for a first time. Painting is very much in the 'kids toy' style with bright colours and clean lines. My guess is this is a 'formula' work... ie) follow the step by step instructions for a predictable result. Nothing wrong with that... in fact I reckon its the best way to learn if you haven't got someone at your elbow to teach you.

Yes it is from a step by step which hopefully I am learning I must admit that I am more comfortable working with wood than painting.

Originally Posted by Whittling

Just a suggestion... if you can round the face a bit next time so that the cheeks on either side of the nose are not quite so protuberant... or alternatively, the nose is more so. When viewed from the front he looks fine, but when viewed from the side there is very little difference between nose and cheeks. I'm pretty sure this is a fault in the design... not your ability to carve. If this is worth pursuing for you, find a pattern that gives you a bit more realism in the face, one that sets more realistic angles in the facial planes.

Otherwise he's a great example of the genre.

This is not a fault in the design rather more a fault of mine. Looking at the step by step the beard should have followed around the piece more which in turn would have brought the cheeks back some more, hopefully that made sense.

I must say santas are not my favourite subject but you did a good work on this one.
You're right with that stuff with the beard. It would also have erased the last clues (but not obvious) of the squareness of the original piece of wood.