No one is exempt...

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Nice one Herb! .... better carve something up quick or Phyillis will start with the "honey do list"... women do that you know when they think us men folk don't have anything to do...
Wayne

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Great carving and painting Tom!.. love the facial details, especially the way you get that cigar to fit with the mouchstash.
Wayne...

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I was thinking about doing a " no see'um " version, but that wouldnt leave much to carve......

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Great carving!... lots of fine detail in that one.
Wayne...

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Pallin, ... I don't know how you do it! I almost fall out of my recliner just looking at Escher's work. Those are real brain twisters...
Wayne

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When I posted pictures of my recent carving " Social Distancing" on Facebook a friend who collects my Santa ornaments suggested I do a "Covid-19 Santa". So after a little thought and experimentation this is what I came up with...
We don't need Santa getting sick..!...

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Nice detail in those eyes Herb.... 'bout the only way to smile these days,... that and carving ...
Wayne...

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Nice one Herb! What is the wood? Looks like a lot of grain for basswood....

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With this darn virus going around folks is even inventing new words such as " Social Distancing"... Well I'm here to tell you that sort of thing isn't new to us country folk..... we've been practicing "Social Distancing".. for years......

Just a little fun...

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yes, I use my burner to highlight all my carvings before painting.it serves two purposes; first it gives the appearance of depth and shadows and secondly (most important in my opinion) it prevents my paint from bleeding into adjacent areas .
Wayne...

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I like it!... Shipleys characters are great and easily adaptable to other characters.
you've got the right idea,.... keep busy during these trying times.
thanks for posting
Wayne...

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With all this self isolation going on Aunt Sophi has been busying herself by cleaning the pantry cupboards and she noticed that grub was starting to get low so she mentioned it to Uncle Eli and told him he'd better do somthin' about it. Well Uncle Eli figured it'd be safer to go shoot himself a bear...

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I bet it would be difficult to say who enjoyed the weekend the most,.. you or your 4 legged friend.
Wayne...

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Never too early for Santa, he's in style the year round. I especially like the way you've done his hair, I'm going to study that and see if I can do something similar.
thanks for posting,
Wayne...

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I gotta agree with Ed, ...... things are bad , but they could be a lot worse. I also agree with Randy,.... I don't mind staying home, I just don't like to be told that I have to stay home. So far we are very fortunate in my area of the Province, no reported cases of Covid19 but in the central portion...

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Thanks Joe, I'll check it out.
Wayne...

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Interesting,.. I'd like to know more about how you cut the threads on the shaft, I see from the pictures you used a tap on the handle. Do you have a die to cut the threads on the shaft? If so , is it something special for wood and where can I get them ?
Wayne...

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I knew there had to be an answer to the age old question "Does a bear s**t in the woods?".... in my younger years while hunting I saw plenty of bear poo in the woods, just don't recall seeing any evidence of toilet paper...
Wayne...

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Good to see you back on here and carving. You might've had a rough year and a half, but it didn't appear to effect your carving or painting abilities.
Wayne...

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I use something similar ( sorry no pictures). I don't think mine are communion cups,.... I bought them at the Dollar Store and they have snap on lids. Why I like this type of container is because I paint with thin washes, so I mix up more than I need and when finished I just cap the cups until the next...