well Xmas is getting dim  ..  ;-) 
 Back to the real work..some progress with the wild west stage coach.. or Concord coach to be precise  ..  not yet finished...

  so a mock-up of the finished item just to give me some encouragement  ;-)

Hi all....
  a little progress with the Stage Coach..

 so while waiting for the carriage to dry , I have started the wheels..

and finished one front wheel and one rear wheel.

showing here the front section of hub on the larger rear wheel, and the rear section of hub on the smaller front wheel..

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ok ... so another matchstick model is comeing...
                                       albeit slowly.... very slowly.  hahaha .. ;-)

here is the plan... yep that's it.. haha  ..

 ok your eyes are not going.. it's a terrible picture.. it's actually upside down..

 this is both side pannels with the joint spars in place drying ... hopefully I can start filling in the floor and ends tomorrow..
just a quick one to show a little progress... I have also done the long chassis parts and the axles and wheel hubs.. ..

ok.. been a tad buisy tryout matchstick model kits.. I'm not impressed.. they supply a card former to build then you just stick matches on... cheap rubbish at big prices.. I did the 1900 era  fire engine with escape ladder on large cart type wheels..

Also a another kit.. just a bag of matches and a plan... this looks more like it..  an early 'V twin' cylinder engined chopper... as apposed to a low rider of today..this was far more satisfactory to build,.. just a plan of the parts for scale ..

well still on the 'Paper cut ' art...
          here is a 12 x 18 inch or A4 X2 if you prefer.. ;-)

 An Eagle.. Black on a Yellow background

 Ok ...  so something a little new ... to me...;-)
  paper cut... a different type of origami  so to speak..:-)
  more like collage to my mind but still... here are the first two I tried... just laid on a card sheet at present... still to sort out what might be the better color combo...

 A bird in a Rose bush and a Monkey riding a bicycle with some plant entwind in the frame..

  Hi all.... been a while but here is my latest offering...

 yes a SKELETON...  in process... Tail still waiting to be done..

    A Raptor no less... next time I shall have to remember to feed it.. ! ;-)



ok now the Raptor is finished.. this is a life size model..;-)

Well here we are back again, not too hot now the strong sun period has passed.
   Here is something different for me... one of our dogs in Acrylic on a seashell...

Buster at eight months old...

And a Dashound for my Niece...

another quick animal one ... the Labrador....
 was going to be a Dalmation, but 'Mrs' wanted a Labrador... ;-)

So..... just a quick update with the owl...

ok .... so back to a quick card model again...a little old owl

around 18 ins high... needs a little colorization... laters... looking for a nice log for it to stand on. then I can sort out the eyes...

Hi again all... a misty sunrise for you......

Taken from a photo by Julian Low.. of Sunrise at Stoke Park, Bristol

hi all... well back to birds for a while with a Kingfisher...

not entirely happy with this... let's see tomorrow..   . ;-)

OK so another little squirrel... to keep the first one company..;-)

this one is from Eastville Park near where I live..

he is rather over weight by the looks of him but is as was... they suffer too perhaps..;-)

Ok ... so a change from the bird theme... A Squirrel :-)

    just a little old Grey Squirrel..   .. enjoy.. ;-)

Ok ...so here is another bird study from Steve Poulsom photos... A Sparrow Hawk

 I am not really getting these properly.. working on it..:-)

OK..... so I have recoop and done a second version...
      a tad  more like it I feel.. :-)

ok so this week we have anther picture from Steve Poulsom phot of  an Owl..

And today we have another bird study......

  a KingFisher in the reeds

 watch this space... I am back with a vengeance.. ;-)

well... this is another photo I was able to use from Steve
                                                    Sunrise on the lake 

         
    this is Acrylic paints.. my first proper use of acrylics for pictures... ;-)

here is a quick one from a picture of a duck at a local park the photographer Pete Poulsom was good enough to allow me to paint his capture.. :-)

I was going to do acrylic but settled for watercolor pencils and brush...
   

and then I alterted the base of the neck.... not at all sure about this outcome....

  may do another copy .............

ok....JUST ONE FOR FUN NOW...

A little cat...  1foot long...

...;-)  ;-)


my journey into digital art is some what bumpy... I cant seem to get the drawing tablet see sense...so perhaps this is meant to be.. back o the graphite then...hahaha