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Strength re-done as a carving
I have re-carved my ToP Strength figure and painted it differently. These changes follow baba's provision of source artwork for my review. As some of you might remember, Sarah Bernahardt was an actress who was world famous during the latter part of the 1800's and early 1900's. You will notice that I have differed from the card illustration by making the dress completely black while retaining the cream-peach tinged scarf. The card's design had made the dress visible near the lion black for contrast and had left the remainder of the dress the cream-peach like color similar to the source art work. This didn't seem to work with the carving as the eye got confused by the change of dress color.
While I have reshaped the face and eys quite a bit, I'm not yet sure of the eyes. As my skills improve in the execution of these miniature carvings I tend to expect more from myself than what you might find in a typical wood carving. The attachment is a photo taken yesterday with the background removed and the shadow area enhanced. Dave.
I have re-carved my ToP Strength figure and painted it differently. These changes follow baba's provision of source artwork for my review. As some of you might remember, Sarah Bernahardt was an actress who was world famous during the latter part of the 1800's and early 1900's. You will notice that I have differed from the card illustration by making the dress completely black while retaining the cream-peach tinged scarf. The card's design had made the dress visible near the lion black for contrast and had left the remainder of the dress the cream-peach like color similar to the source art work. This didn't seem to work with the carving as the eye got confused by the change of dress color.
While I have reshaped the face and eys quite a bit, I'm not yet sure of the eyes. As my skills improve in the execution of these miniature carvings I tend to expect more from myself than what you might find in a typical wood carving. The attachment is a photo taken yesterday with the background removed and the shadow area enhanced. Dave.