This is a totally non-April fools post.
I don’t know why but I decided to try and learn to carve something. My courses are randomly found on YouTube where there are a host of such offerings. The primary one I have watched is Doug Linker. All of this precedes the fact we are now in Hibernation Mode. Actually since the lock down I have not completed a new project but I got one started Sunday. So far I have finished 14 very small projects. So one of them has become the subject of the second Studio (!) shot.
This photo includes the knife I use, a finished penguin (since it is well known by the type of hat I did not really need to provide that bit of information) and a few shavings. And my thumb guard. The thumb guard is on my right or carving hand and I use a glove on my left hand that has metal in the fabric and it has saved me a few times already. Not sure how this activity will progress but I am committed for a year. It takes time to learn -even a little bit so to give a proper effort I hope to make about one project every week or ten days. Not sure how long the learning curve will be to get a decent finally product.
Meanwhile I am enjoying shooting these photos and will try to finish out the week with Stylized Studio Shots & Story. Have a couple ready to go - but watch for Sunday!
