Carved Fireplace Mantel

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Custom carved fireplace mantel

I recently had another fun project carving this fireplace mantel for the home where I had built a couple other mantels over the winter. This one is on the main great room fireplace. It is made of western red Cedar. _________________________ _______________________ http://huismanconcepts.com/ https://www.john-huisman.com/

Some Custom Fireplace Mantels

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At some point over the last few months I built and installed these mantels. They are both corner fireplaces one in the master bathroom and one in the master bedroom. I still have two more to make for the great room and basement family rooms. I used Western Cedar milled from some of the leftover … Read more

Ball point pen sketch

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A few days ago someone over at artistry put up an activity “challenge” on their facebook page to do a sketch with a ball point pen, the idea being to completely use up all the ink on a single sketch.  These are fun sorts of activities occasionally put out there these days when we are … Read more

Daily Figure Sketching

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Most days I manage to make some time for doing some quick sketching with gesture drawing of human figures. I have found drawing the human form and gesture to be a profound challenge but like any challenge, the more you get into it the more it takes hold of you. I try to attend live … Read more

Watercolor sketch

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I was looking through some sketches from the last few months and came across this one. This past year or so I have been playing a little more with watercolor. Sometimes things go OK and sometimes not. This is a study/sketch from an old photo that, I think, turned out OK. Often looking at them … Read more