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Wood Carvings by Mark Sheridan

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10 May 2014

Toby on the Dock

Here are a few shots of Toby’s progress.  Still a bit more work to do on the face but I like the way he’s shaping up.  The carving isn’t intended to be a perfect likeness of a Lab but I think that I’m getting that innocent Lab look on his face.  I do have several photos of the “real” Toby and am using those for a reference.

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I’m also enjoying carving another dock scene.  I was toying with adding a rope coil on this scene as well but I think I’m going to try something a bit different to balance out the piece.  Right now, I’m thinking about a couple of canoe paddles laying on the dock at the ready for Toby’s next big adventure.

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A few more hours of detail and I’ll be ready to start painting…which will be interesting and fun.  Toby is a chocolate Lab with several tones of brown in his coat.  The dock itself will be light coloured and weathered to contrast with the Lab’s colour.

 

 

 

 

 

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04 May 2014
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Toby the Lab

After seeing Fergus on the dock, a friend asked if I could come up with a similar dock scene for her pal, Toby.  Toby is a chocolate Labrador Retriever who also likes being near ( and in ) the water.

I’ll change up the dock a bit and have Toby in one of those serene Lab poses just gazing out over the water.  I’m thinking about a couple of working duck decoys laying on the dock near him.

Here’s his progress so far.

 

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05 Apr 2014
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The Completed “Fergus”

Here is the completed Fergus in all of his glory looking over the waterfront and into a brisk breeze.  I really like the way that he turned out and especially like the dock and piers…I can almost hear the old wood dock creaking.

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I think that I mentioned earlier that a new acquaintance had asked for this rendition of “Fergus”.  My next step is to build a small shipping box that will ensure that Fergus arrives safely at his new home should Fergus’ Mom like the design.  I’ll get that done this weekend and will be able to get a sense of shipping charges.  Actually, there’s a Carving Show in Belleville next weekend and, if I drag my feet a bit, perhaps Fergus can compete for a ribbon there.

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I’ve loaded additional photos of Fergus on the Flickr site, which you can link to at the side-bar of this page.

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