3 hour and 15 minute Pelican....

[Soggy]

Earlier this week I carved the 2 hour Pelican from the current issue of WCI, and when I posted pictures one of the members ( Gleber) suggested that if the pelican was standing on wharf pilings it would make for a better overall look. Even though I'm quite a stubborn old coot I do appreciate good advice and decided to do another following Gleber's suggestion. I really like the way this one turned out, even though I still can't carve one of these in 2 hours........
The middle picture shows both carvings ( I did add a bit of lettering to the original one )
Wayne

[Tom Ellis]

Very cute Soggy, The girl must be the live bait. She sure enough attracted that nice fella.

[Merle Rice]

Hi Wayne , What ever time it took you to do these is time well spent. What Great Additions of your Style did to these 2 Birds. The Eyes just Knocked me out , Great Expression, makes them LOVEABLE. Did I mention that I like tem, Ha,Ha. Merle

[JoeVM]

A nice pair of pelicans Wayne. Looks like a fun carve.

[DiLeon]

Great carving in a very short time.

[Claude]

Cute carvings!

Claude

[Gleber]

How can I not hit the "Like" button when you accepted my suggestion, and executed it! Now, he looks like he is truly in his natural environment. I agree with Merle - the eyes are very expressive. Nice job!

Tom

[Nomad]

Lovely work Soggy! The pilings do add interest and you did an excellent job on them.

[joepaulbutler]

Dido Merle, I could even get my pattern ready in that short of time

[CosmoQ]

Nice work Soggy! There are lots of beautiful sea birds up in NS.... you just added a couple more.
Dave

[woodburner807]

Nicely done on both of them. Thanks for posting since it will help me as I carve mine. I did a practice 1.5 incher to get an understanding of the "technique" and just starting a larger one. I'm slow and figure if I can do mine in a day...that would be good.

No need to rush...too old.

[Bob K.]

Very cute carvings, Wayne! The second one is a definite improvement. The extra hour and 15 minutes paid off!

[uvawyo]

That is Cool, Wayne!

[Tinwood]

Really well done Wayne. What a hoot!

Tinwood

[Arthur C.]

Fun carve, Soggy...love the eyes!