Day 111 - Little People

Oddly enough, grown ups stress over carving pumpkins. Adults think, "It has to be perfect!" Our subconcious mind translating that statement into, "This will be my greatest masterpiece!" And they then proceed to freak out over the whole event, making everyone miserable because someone could possibly slightly ever so subtley crash and burn into a big carving mistake. Sad isn't it?

Kids, on the other hand, don't think about failure. About carving it "wrong." Don't worry that every line has to be perfect. Heck, they don't even have to carve the pumpkin to have fun! A stuffed animal- sized wig, chalk or markers, can turn little pumpkins into little people in the blink of a child's eye. Does my Godson look like he's stressing out here? Nope, and neither should you. Pumpkin carving is a perfect experience if you don't worry about carving perfectly. Have fun and, however things turn out, you'll have a perfectly great time that you'll never forget...for all of the RIGHT reasons.

Day 105 - Necromancer

Yet another of my all time favorite carvings. I carved this portrait of Necromancer for the game Guild Wars awhile back. It was one of the most challenging carvings I've ever done. What the picture doesn't show are the braids extending around the pumpkin.

Isn't she gorgeous? Especially for a pumpkin!

Day 47 - Meet Doug

I know. It's late, like it usually is when I post for the day! But as they say, better late than never. Drawing class seemed extra long tonight...we had a wild time drawing a cardboard box and then went really crazy drawing a WHOLE chair! You should have been there! As  you can probably guess, I'm drooling from boredom by the time it was over and my mind has gone completely blank as to what to do for today's blog. Until I got home and found a puzzle globe that my son had placed on my desk, which now had a small hole in the side. He informs me that he doesn't want it to which I reply, "But do you see what I see?" Of course, no one sees the weirdness I do so I begin to remove just a few more pieces. Now, do you see what I see? We call him Doug.