Pieces Coming Together…
I painted the backdrop with acrylics over the last few evenings and I’m pretty pleased with the way that the pieces are coming together. I always put a coat of urethane over the acrylics and you’ll see how the colours pop out of the backdrop pieces when I do that bit of painting.
Note in particular, on the advice of a dear friend ( you really shouldn’t publish people’s names on the Internet, Jan, so I won’t ), that the chipmunk got a bit of a make-over to make him kinder and more gentle…but still full of mischief.
I also put clear epoxy over the eyes and you can see a bit of that glint-in-the-eye in this photo.
tributesinwood 
Your carving is wonderful. Lola’s eyes look so real.
I like that chipmunk what a fun character it is.
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I like the chipmunk there better than on top railing. Now he looks really mischievous as if he chewd that second railing. 🙂 the entire piece looks fantastic!
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Thanks, EC, for following Lola’s progress. I’m also happy with the eyes…they sort of follow you around when you’re looking at the carving. The chipmunk is hilarious.
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Cheryl, the chipmunk seemed to fit better on the lower rail to me as well. I have a friend who was quite disturbed by the original look on the chipmunks face…ha!…so I had to do some extra work to “friendly” him up a bit.
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Hmmm… I had to go back to the original chipmunk to see the difference. Lol I liked the big nose on the first chipmunk 🙂 I guess everybody has different taste. But I like the tooth you added 🙂 either one looks cute
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