Old Joe Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 I’d never tried a portrait before. I bought Steve Good’s CD on how to design portraits, but am still wading through it. I decided to try one of his, with a couple of minor changes. I used 1/4” BB mounted on a piece of 3/4” Poplar. Used natural Danish oil on the B.B.and stained the Poplar with Expresso to give it contrast. I also did one more Alex Fox basket. I think I’m done with baskets for a while. jollyred, cyclistjim, lawson56 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 Great job on the basket it turned out great! Nice job cutting the portrait too. Thanks for showing us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 WOW that is a delicate basket. Very nice job. And poor old Willie has his unforgiving fans mad at him because he is too old and frail to do a concert. Give him a break. Living the hard life he did abusing his body all those years... it is a wonder he is still alive. I love his music, and I thank him for it. Nice job on the portrait also. stoney and Old Joe 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeeresJohnnny Posted September 21, 2018 Report Share Posted September 21, 2018 I love the portrait and am considering a portrait project soon. I'm also interested in making some kinda basket. Ah who am I kidding I wanna make every cool thing I see lol. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work. I'm particularly noticing the eyes. Very rarely do fretwork eyes look right to me, but those eyes are wonderful bobscroll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joe Posted September 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 1 hour ago, HeeresJohnnny said: I love the portrait and am considering a portrait project soon. I'm also interested in making some kinda basket. Ah who am I kidding I wanna make every cool thing I see lol. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work. I'm particularly noticing the eyes. Very rarely do fretwork eyes look right to me, but those eyes are wonderful This was adapted from a Steve Good design. I bought his CD tutorial on making portraits from photos and hope that my next portrait project will be an original. 2 hours ago, Scrappile said: WOW that is a delicate basket. Very nice job. And poor old Willie has his unforgiving fans mad at him because he is too old and frail to do a concert. Give him a break. Living the hard life he did abusing his body all those years... it is a wonder he is still alive. I love his music, and I thank him for it. Nice job on the portrait also. Thanks, Scrappile, I liked he challenge of this pattern of Willie. I have been a fan of Willie’s since Patsy Cline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Love old Willie. Great cutting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclistjim Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Very nice for both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Clean cutting skills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 The basket looks so fragile and it looks fabulous. Great works on both of them. Marg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Excellently done. Those both came out great. Thanks for sharing them with us. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 The Basket is Super Awesome!! Willie is So Cool. I have cut this one a few times myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveww1 Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 terrific job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Great work on both of your projects Joe! Great to look at! Bob Old Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexfox Posted September 23, 2018 Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 Both projects came out great! Old Joe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdatelle Posted September 23, 2018 Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 Great job on both. Willie came out great for the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Joe Posted September 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) 36 minutes ago, alexfox said: Both projects came out great! Thank you, Alex. I envy your creativity. You are the true artist, I am but a lowly craftsman. And many thanks to everyone on this blog for your compliments and supportive remarks. Ok, I think that I have a project waiting to start.You all enjoy your Sunday! Edited September 23, 2018 by Old Joe bobscroll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPscroller Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Great work on both. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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