Wilorvise's random forays into art.

Back when I was in highschool, I thought " wouldn't it be cool to carve my own chess set?" Apparently I should have done a bit more research into it. I thought "balsa wood is soft wood, it should be easy to carve!"yeah, no... It kinda is brittle.

But I forged thru, and today when going through stuff in story I found the pieces. Half glued together from when i was carving them. I thought you might get a laugh out of them.
White:

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Black:
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Gosh ! I missed this topic

Laura, they are not bad at all !!!

Was it the first time you tried the material, - perhaps also the first time you tried carving ?
Because carving is not easy at all.
Unlike modeling, you can not change what you have done, and wood has structure, so the knife suddenly goes another way than you wanted.
I can imagine how balsa wood suddenly flakes
Also it takes the right tools - very sharp knives that can easily also cut fingers and noses .
Thankyou for sharing !!! It is great that you still have them

Yes on both accounts. :)  I remember having used lots of bandages for my fingers that month as the xacto knife kept slipping.

Wilorvise wrote:

.... I remember having used lots of bandages for my fingers that month.....

...sorry

They are very nice Laura :)
Like Susanne said, carving is not easy, so you did a good job with them :)
I especially like the white team :)

Thank you Kosta.

Nice wolf, Laura

Different lighting and a few changes later.  There's some parts that are still annoying me, but I'm leaving them.
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Thanks Julie. :)

I love your blue wolfie

Ah, now I've found who sculpted the Moai of Easter Island!
Bad joke, sorry! I have a huge admiration for all artistic expressions and actually I like very much your wolf. Please keep sharing your progress with these new art expressions.

It is very nice wolfy :) And the colors ..I like them very much :)

Love the wolf, stunning!

Thank you for your kind words

I call this one "The Gaze of the Viking Mouse".

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or
waterbuck on cereal box
(if you want a titles that sorta maybe makes sense)

Arrrhw, Laura, those titles are completely wrong

It is a beautyful wter buck resting in the grass in early morning light, - I love it

I'm not convinced it's actually a zebra model. I know I kinda got bored mid-striping. And if I keep it as a zebra, I'll have to repaint most if not all of it. Perhaps it would do better as a different type of animal.


Before:

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Done for now:

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You did a great job !!! NOW he is a zebra

Thanks Susanne, you're always so supportive. :)

My sons repaints. Attempt to keep him from the sts items since telling him to do something else was unsuccessful.
Other than me mixing colors at his request and painting the inside of the giraffe's legs since ha was having difficulty, he did them by himself.

"This is a girl giraffe... It is fabulous"
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Cheetah repainted as "the Blue Leopard"

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Now that is Real art !
It is always a pleasure to see how the children express them self with paints and bruches.
So i realy like your son`s repaints :)

Thanks Kosta. he was very excited to hear so. :)

Blue cheepard rule

My daughter made a green Koala a few years ago, the best ever

I love those repaints, - tell your son he is a great artist already

It must be good for the development of his coordination to paint three-dimentional models, I am sure