3 separate 1 day classes:
Tuesday, 9/18/07, Wednesday, 9/19/07, Friday, 9/21/07
Level: Intermediate and above- A basic understanding of carving the head and features is ourstarting point.
Tools needed: Basic hand tools (detail knife, assorted gouges and V-tools). Since lighting may be minimal, a suitable size lamp and an extension cord is recommended.
Material fee: Most roughouts are $15. None are more than $25 (Some of the available project roughouts can be seen on my web site).
Maximum students: 12 students
Web site: http://www.artofdon.com
As an art major in high school Ol' Don came across some lithographs by the Montana cowboy-artist Charles M. Russell who painted the life he lived in the 1890s and early 1900s. This exposure was to launch an interest into the history of the Westward expansion and it's personalities. Seeing the works of New York artist-historian Frederic Remington and other turn of the century artists who documented the opening of the West added fuel to the fire. His interest in the working cowboy and the Native American cultures has lasted over 40 years and has been the inspiration for many of his paintings and carvings.
In June of 1999 he retired and is now devoting all his available time to his art interests—Painting, drawing, carving and most recently, traveling and teaching at wood carving events.
Web site: www.artofdon.com