Animal and Wildlife Challenge Aug/Sept 2025

[Grapes]

Patricia, wow .. amazing work! Your coyote looks really good and so well done, even though you mention it's not finished yet.

 

[Joy]

Grapes, the koala drawing really captured the fur well. The values are excellent. I love the motion of the "tabby", and the alertness of the squirrel.

Patricia, the coyote looks terrific already. It must be very difficult to do wood carving, as one cannot fix "mistakes". The legs look very realistic in the positions, which must have been very hard to accomplish. We would all like to see more of this as you progress.

 

[ams]

Here's my attempt at the coyote. I've started a woodcarving. It's still a
work in progress. I'll keep posting as I do more work on it.
Cheers,
Patricia

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Good start Patricia. Wow, a big departure from the materials used in these challenges. I wouldn't know where to begin doing something like this. You are doing very well, especially since you are just starting to explore the technique.

 

[pcj]

Good start Patricia. Wow, a big departure from the materials used in these challenges. I wouldn't know where to begin doing something like this. You are doing very well, especially since you are just starting to explore the technique.

Thanks Anne, Actually, I have a confession to make. I am not just starting in sculpture, I've been
sculpting in stone and clay for bronze most of my life. Here's the link in the sculpture section.
...but I am new to woodcarving and you can see the drawing that I did of the coyote on the
wood before I started to carve,

Thread 'Some of my sculpture'

Oct 7, 2021

Hello Everyone,

I did these 10 years ago, some are still works in progress !

1] 'Grace And Dignity'

I did this in clay and a local foundry cast it in bronze.

2] 'Starseeker'

Clay [ I painted it to show people what it would look like in bronze ]

3] 'Starseeker' Wax - I'm in the process of doing 'Starseeker' in wax in the
hopes of getting it cast in bronze [ it's cheaper if I do the wax]

4] 'Wisdom' Clay - this is still a work in progress.

Cheers,
Patricia

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Grapes, the koala drawing really captured the fur well. The values are excellent. I love the motion of the "tabby", and the alertness of the squirrel.

Patricia, the coyote looks terrific already. It must be very difficult to do wood carving, as one cannot fix "mistakes". The legs look very realistic in the positions, which must have been very hard to accomplish. We would all like to see more of this as you progress.

Cheers,
Patricia

 

[pcj]

Grapes, the koala drawing really captured the fur well. The values are excellent. I love the motion of the "tabby", and the alertness of the squirrel.

Patricia, the coyote looks terrific already. It must be very difficult to do wood carving, as one cannot fix "mistakes". The legs look very realistic in the positions, which must have been very hard to accomplish. We would all like to see more of this as you progress.

Thanks Joy . Yes, you are right , one cannot fix mistakes. Once it's gone, it's gone ! Both wood and stone are subtractive.
Clay on the other hand is additive. you can mess around with it forever until you get it right !
Cheers,
Patricia.

 

[ams]

Patricia, these are incredible and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ams]

Here's my first for September. With this early start, I may get more than one done.

Robin Redbreast, about 7"x7 1/2". Line and Wash (Inktense) in XL Mixed Media sketchbook.

 

[pcj]

Anne - Your robin is just lovely ! He's chirping away happily and his feathers are really well done.
Cheers,
Patricia.

 

[pcj]

Patricia, these are incredible and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Anne !
Cheers,
Patricia.

 

[Joy]

Anne, this is very nice and the branch complements it well.

 

[Grapes]

This is beautiful, Anne! There's plenty of time this month still do more.
Patricia, those are very good sculptures! Thanks for showing them for us. Stone, bronze and wood sound like very challenging materials and hard work.
Joy, thank you for your comments!

 

[Jade]

Grapes - wonderful squirrel so much cheeky character!

pcj - beautiful coyote! Look forward to seeing more. and amazing sculptures !!!

Ann - I love your style and it suits this cute Robin!

 

[Jade]

Arteza pencils on card from charity/thrift shop

 

[pcj]

Jade - What a lovely squirrel. You have captured his expression and pose.
Cheers,
Patricia

 

[pcj]

Grapes - Thanks for lovely comments on my sculptures.
Cheers,
Patricia.

 

[Jade]

Thanks Patricia! I kind of just let myself go and do it fairly quickly which was enjoyable.

 

[Grapes]

Jade, you were brave to draw her entire body. Well done! Quick drawings/paintings are the best. Thanks for your comment.

 

[Jade]

Jade, you were brave to draw her entire body. Well done! Quick drawings/paintings are the best. Thanks for your comment.

Yeh, it's not technically my best so far I think but I liked just letting go and doing it. Thank you. I love yours too... It's nice looking at all our different takes.