Swan Tutorial Attempt

[Crystal]

Hi All-

ClayB did such a nice write up on the swan that he did, I had to give it a try. All the instructions worked! I wasn't brave enough to lift the feathers like he did. I'll try that another time. I haven't colored it yet - (that's the next lesson I'll try to follow).

Thanks, Clay!!

Crystal

[BobHall]

Looks great, Crystal!

[Tina]

Looks like Clay's tutorial is a success, you did a great job on this one...The swan is awesome:-)

[Crystal]

Thanks, Bob and Tina! It was a lot of fun to work on.

Crystal

[CitizenKate]

Very nice work, Crystal. Nice clean lines, and the feather textures are very convincing. Can't wait to see the finish.

Kate

[mendedbowl]

Wow!! that really turned out nice!

great work Crystal.

ken

[jbird]

Your the one Crystal that is fantastic you hit out of the park.

Josh

[ClayB]

Crystal,

I think you did a fabulous job on your swan!!

There are a couple things I have to tell everyone about this project. First, Crystal had some sort of phobia of trying to carve hair and feathers. She better be over the feather one. I'll have to work on the hair one next. Second, when Crystal started working on this project, she told me she didn't have the figure carving bevelers, so she improvised and used what she had. They worked out just fine. Then when she got to the feathers, she didn't have the pointed figure beveler that I used to do the tips, so she took out one of her stop tools and a dremel and made herself what she needed. It seems to have worked great too! Along the way, she made a boo boo or two, but that didn't stop her. She did what she needed to do to fix them or cover them up. She also didn't follow my instructions to the letter, but tried some things on her own (like the neck texture) that worked out great.

I have to say Crystal, I am really impressed with the job you have done on this, and so proud of you for tackling something that intimidated you!!

[rcsaddles]

Crystal, you did a great job on the swan. It is beautiful.

ClayB, you did a great job on the tutorial. I will have to try it one day.

I am always amazed at what people do on this site and how willing everyone is to share information.

Joe

[Crystal]

Thanks, everyone! I really enjoyed this and hope others give it a try. It's hard to go wrong with step by step instructions.

Clay- I haven't gotten over the feather phobia yet - I still haven't gone at them with a scalpel. Then there is that "hair" thing and add embossing to this list.... painting....

There are a few things that I did that I shouldn't have - tried some other things and got lucky. Still so much to learn. Thanks for taking the time to help me out and for getting the ball rolling on this to begin with. If you hadn't jumped in and done the write up I'd still be looking at this on a piece of paper!

Crystal