Category Archives: in progress

June 17, 2016

this did not go as planned

By lsaboe

so okay…
I wrote a whole post, added pictures and everything and just before I was gonna hit publish, terrible things happened and I lost it. I can’t bring myself to write it all over again but I will post the pictures.  So just pretend you read an informative and witty post while you look at the pictures.
*sigh*

Here are a couple small watercolors I did of crows.

Crow Shine by Linda Saboe

Crow Shine, watercolor

Crow with Orange Disk by Linda Saboe

Crow with Orange Disk, watercolor

I’ve also been obsessing over Wood Storks.  They have this lovely white and black plumage topped by bald, prehistoric faces screaming for moisturizer. They make me want to do a whole series of large, gangly water birds.

Wood Stork by Linda Saboe

Wood Stork, watercolor

Wood Stork by Linda Saboe

Wood Stork, pencil

Lastly, I’ve done several sculptures but these are the two that are not disappointing.

The Red Fox is finished but the Wolverine is still in progress. The sculpting part is done but he needs to dry thoroughly and will probably not get into the kiln until September.

Red Fox by Linda Saboe

Red Fox, ceramic sculpture

Red Fox by Linda Saboe

Red Fox, ceramic sculpture, detail.

Wolverine, in progress by Linda Saboe

Wolverine, sculpture in progress

Wolverine, in progress by Linda Saboe

Wolverine, detail

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June 12, 2014

chameleon in progress (and i need a new camera)

By lsaboe

The chameleon I’ve been working on is just about done. Some finessing will happen as it dries, but the sculpting part is done. I’m kinda pleased how he turned out but I am not so pleased with the pictures. My beloved Pentax K10D is dying. I can barely get it to focus and the noise levels are crazy even in good light and itty bitty ISO.

but i have no money for a new one so i’m sad

anyway…

Here’s my not so wonderful picts of the chameleon. If he makes it through the fire and somebody loves him and buys him, I’ll get a new camera. 

chameleon

chameleon

chameleon

chameleon facing the other way

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April 30, 2014

cock has wings

By lsaboe

The Cockatrice is almost done…hollowed him out last week and yesterday, he finally sprouted his wings. He’ll be flying off soon to stare evil people down and turn them to stone.

Here’s two quick view…

cock has wings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cock has wings

 

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April 1, 2014

cockatrice gets a weasel

By lsaboe

I should be farther along with this sculpt than I am, but last week the back went so I didn’t get to the studio. But today there is progress! The cockatrice now has a weasel, which is the only beast immune to the cocks stoney stare.


 Cockatrice in progress with weasel

Alas, he still has no wings.

Cockatrice in progress-no wings yet

But there will be dead things.

Cockatrice in progress with dead things

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March 4, 2014

before frogs become gargoyles

By lsaboe

they are just frogs.

Made reasonable progress on the little frog gargoyle today. Next week I’ll hollow him out (which consists of slicing him in two, scooping out the innards and then smooshing him back together. Sculpture is not a gentle art form. After that he’ll get his gargoyle wings, maybe fangs or a horn and some details on his skin.

but…

Everybody at the studio wants me to leave him as an ordinary frog. They said, make a different frog into a gargoyle.

argh.

Doing a series of unlikely gargoyles is going to be more difficult than I thought.

Here’s froggy so far…

frog (soon to be gargoyle) in progress

frog (soon to be gargoyle) in progress

frog (soon to be gargoyle) in progress

frog (soon to be gargoyle) in progress

frog (soon to be gargoyle) in progress

frog (soon to be gargoyle) in progress

frog (soon to be gargoyle) in progress

frog (soon to be gargoyle) in progress

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February 25, 2014

a series of unlikely gargoyles

By lsaboe

I’ve decided to do more gargoyles. I’ve been making animal gargoyles for a while now but without any real direction or thought to a cohesive style or theme — basically, I’ve just been having fun turning animals into gargoyles.

Last month I started doing a squirrel gargoyle, which is now waiting to be fired. At the same time I was working on the squirrel, I was also working on issue 8 of Unlikely Story as well as thinking about how to update my website to a more active way of showcasing my art and maybe getting a little business (art is expensive to make and I’m running out of surfaces to place all the sculpts, so um — I need to make some sales so my house doesn’t look like a hoarder lives in it).

So today I started a new critter — a frog gargoyle. Here’s the progress in pictures thus far.

frog gargoyle in progress
Here’s a couple more angles.

frog gargoyle in progress

frog gargoyle in progress

It’s a bit hard to see, but the frog has a fly in his grasp.

frog gargoyle in progress

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