Happy Accidents

["Carvin" Charlie]

Bob Ross is known for saying that there's no such thing as a mistake just happy accidents. This may qualify. I was using the bottom of one of my practice sticks to carve a face. It turned out good enough that I wanted to continue, but there wasn't any space to continue. I started at the bottom of the block and couldn't continue down. I'd also carved right above my face so I was limited in that direction too. It was time to get creative. I drew a Santa had over the face using my phone software but I wasn't pleased with it. I've found a carving where the head zigzag back and forth so I superimpose that over my carving. I was going to stop there but then I realized I could just add a piece of wood on the bottom to continue the beard. I like the idea of the zigzag hat so I decided to mirror using Santa's beard. I have begun painting but I still have ways to go.

[Merle Rice]

Hi Charlie, Good Save . This Hobby got you Thinking and Having Fun . Merle

[joepaulbutler]

yipe, you never want to give up. Sometimes I let my carving marinate overnight then look at it again in the morning. sometimes something pops out at me and other times I let it marinate a little long. your extra effort came out great

[Claude]

Good job on that, Charlie!

claude

[C-wade7]

Good save and nice work.

[uvawyo]

Final product is wonderful!

[Tom Ellis]

He came out great Charlie. Keep up the good work.

[Mark N. Akers]

Very nice job Charlie, looks great.

[Soggy]

It's the end result that counts, and I would say that's a keeper for sure

[JBright11]

Great result! I often have to change up my carvings, and have a 1/2 dozen in various states of "what am I gonna do with this"!

["Carvin" Charlie]

Thanks to everyone for their responses. I'm glad I became a member of the WCI forum.

[JoeVM]

It sure did turn out great.

[Morrow7x]

Happy accidents are the best!

I whittled a little raft-paddling, moonshiner gnome for my daughter- I blew the hand/paddle/raft angle so I made a little pillow for him to sit on, and it's my favorite part of a project I wasn't that happy with... ;-)

["Carvin" Charlie]

This is a follow-up to my "Happy Accidents" post. Santa's all but finished. I was going to antique him yesterday, but I was out of gel-stain and the hardware was out of the smaller can. Oh well, on to the next project. I started a cowboy based on WCI's booklet Classic Carved Cowboys

[joepaulbutler]

3" Burnt Umber oil paint+100ml mineral oil+200ml BLO, is what I use anymore for antiquing.