Wookie

 Its the first time Ive had the brushes out for a month or more, so its a good feeling to start playing around with hairy patterns for a dog portrait or 2. I'll be getting on to a portrait of Wookie with her little buddy Wesley, so as prep I've done this tiny(20x20cm) picture of Wookie about 5 years ago when her health was good.

 

 

 

There's drawings of the dogs here

Brothers and Sister

 

Wesley and Wookie

I'm getting ready to begin a painting of this  pair of dogs, and enjoying getting back to a bit of drawing, even if its from photos. Wookie passed away recently so is no longer available for sittings, or walkings, but lives on in memory .

 

There's a couple of other drawings of this pair in this post

Family portrait

 

 

A few sketches as I start getting used to 2 brothers and their sister for a portrait(they're in NZ)

 

Boofhead

 

 

 

(the incredible lightness of) Waiting for patties to cook

Record Cabinet

Shamus asked me to make a record cabinet for Kate and Louis to fit a couple of metres of LPs. 

 

 

The finished cabinet except for its doorknobs. Kate saw the bits of turned bedpost and chairleg I'd cut off and sanded but not attached, and grabbed them from the bench to take home with it and fix on 

 

 

The matching table that Shamus made with the cabinet behind

 

 

Currawong visiting to check out the work, and maybe raid the catfood

 

 

doorknob candidates

 

 

with doors on

 

 

Top attached, now all that remains is more varnishing and attaching the doors, and some doorknobs

 

 

 

 

piecing together the top with pieces of oak, cedar, oregon and pine(?)

 

                              

 

 

varnishing the inside and the wings

 

doors clamped (almost)in place

Some of the pieces I'll make the top from, including a piece of an oak bedhead and a cedar step and part of the top of another cupboard or set of drawers

 

 

The back attached to the frame as this thing starts to take shape

 

 

The weightbearing part of the frame and the floor of the cupboard. I had a walk on it to make sure it doesn't flex

 

 

 

So far its just some pieces of cut and somewhat sanded timber. Caspian's been doing some of the work as he learns how to use the sander and saws

Bits and pieces of the frame, mocked up with clamps. There's still a few small pieces for the ends to cut, then it will be ready to knock together

These bits of floorborad will be the back, and maybe the odd piece will go on the ends and front

 

 

Cedar and oak etc planks for the top