I've been lazy this week. I did start working on a painting of an elephant in a 60's style, peace,love and that sort of thing, for a friend. With Good Friday beginning tomorrow I hope to do some work on some small pieces of stone for my nephews so they can turn them into necklaces. I think they're going to take after me and become artists in some form or another.
I thought I would add this photo just for those who may not be interested in what I've written. I drew these on the computer using GIMP many years ago.
Angel Wings
I thought I would share this carving of a local waterfowl, in abstract form. This particular waterfowl would use his colouring and extension of it's head pointing upwards to blend in with the reeds. I carved it from Tasmanian Blackwood. The base is a native timber Totara. I donated this carving to the community for them to raffle off.
I'm glad to say that this carving has reached it's completion. Although it ha been on g+ for a few days I have only just found time to place it on my blog. I took a tongue 'n'cheek approach to it's title. The Devil with his imperfections is shown with the imperfection in the carving, although I think it enhances it.
I've been away spending time on myself for several days plus I had graduation on the 28th March. Spending most days doodling. Some tattoo concepts and logo concepts were the result. I'm looking forward to returning home and getting back into some carving.
We've had some really hot days. Something I can't complain about. Option would be cold days and I know what I prefer. I thought I would add this photo to show where I'm at with this as yet untitled artwork.
Today I started working on this carving again. I'm terrible at working on one carving at a time which makes it seem like it takes forever to finish one. This has been a struggle. As I am teaching myself I keep making mistakes and it takes hours upon hours to bring everything back into some sort of perspective. I hope to work on this tomorrow so hope to be closer to completing this difficult, learn by your mistakes, carving.
This design was something to fill in time while I sat and semi-watched a movie. I did this a while ago and I think it still looks good.
This design has a negative and a positive flame incorporated into it. It is an old design I worked on using GIMP as the editing software. Ignore the copyright. If you want to use it, go for it. It would be nice if you added a comment as a courtesy though.
