Here's a stylized heron I recently finished. Sanded down through 800 grit sandpaper then spent an hour rubbing him out with a brown paper bag. Three coats of spray satin lacquer, bagged between each coat and finished off with two coats of Johnsons paste wax.

Wood spirit

Had some catalpa laying around that a friend gave me. I finally got around to cutting it up this is from a piece of the slab wood which is one inch thick. It's eleven and a half long and four inches wide. First time I ever carved catalpa, I really like the grain and it carves fairly easy.

This a Santa recently completed. He is carved from pine taken off an old pallet. This is the first time I've carved pine that had this much detail. It actually took the detail well. I plan on painting it with oil paints thinned with boiled linseed oil. I don't paint a lot of carvings with oil because of the extended drying time. Usually takes about a week before I can apply the finish coat. I will post up when I finish painting him.

Here's another Santa just finished up. I've been busy carving ornaments for family and friends and along the way a Santa or two.  Hope you enjoy.

Here he is all painted and ready for Christmas. This was a fun project to do. Carving the toys were hard for me because they are so small. Hope you enjoy.

Well as you can see from the latest post about my Santa I am back. Too many things happening for a while to even thing much about carving or posting on a blog. But it all worked out and here I am continue to look for updates and new projects. Thanks Harold

The latest Santa carving finished up today. Tomorrow the paint and final finish. Hope you enjoy.