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Hello dear friends, this is just a little something I thought I would slip in to my tumblr gallery before I present the next photo of my sculpture Wisdom in the making.

This here is the crayon sketch design of my sculpture called Tut, this was created from a side profile photo I took of my sculpture Tut. This was created via an effect on a computer, I may very well produce this as canvas wrap prints in white frames.

I will show the next stage of my sculpture Wisdom in the making very soon, hope your keeping well, Take care.

Hello dear friends, may I present the next photo of my sculpture Wisdom in the making, this was taken from behind looking towards the right side of the face. I decided to show this photo as a black and white photograph, there's a real sense of reality developing now.

Soon when I walk round and face the sculpture it will be my late Nan's face looking back at me, as the likeness will now really start to develop. Soon hair mass will be added as this will be an important part of the process in achieving the likeness in the portrait.

I really look forward to showing you further developments on this sculpture very soon, Happy weekend to you dear friends, keep well and Take care.

Hello dear friends, may I present the next photo of my sculpture Wisdom in the making. The sculpture is starting to really develop now as I slowly build up the face.

As I work more and more on this my dear late Nan's face will slowly emerge and a real likeness will take shape. The sculpture is getting really interesting now as I attempt to capture the full look and character of my Nan.

I will now show a photo of this sculpture in the making at the end of each week until the sculpture is finished. As I feel this will be a great insight of how I went from a wooden armature to a fully furnished portrait.

Until the end of next week then, I'll really look forward to showing you further developments on this portrait, Happy weekend and Take care.

Hello dear friends, may I present myself to you here, I took this literally after I received some good news and I would say is a true reflection of how I'm feeling right now.

In October I have a pre Visa meeting where everything will be explained to me about visa application requirements. I'm very interested in going out to California and perhaps becoming based there as an artist and I'm hoping this might be a first step to achieving that dream.

If all goes well at this meeting I will then set travel plans in November for when I will fly over to see what it's like. If I truly like it there and California likes me kind of thing then it will be after this trip that I will then see about being based there full time.

I'm on a real journey now and only time will tell if this will become something I can achieve, I would like very much to share all the stages that I go through with you here. Wish me luck because I'll really need it, I will have my fingers crossed.

Where ever I end up I will still try to present some fine sculpture to you, In the meantime I have to sculpt hard and save hard. I'll show the next stage of my sculpture Wisdom very soon, Take care.

Hello dear friends, I present the next photo of my sculpture Wisdom in the making, this is going to become a life size portrait sculpture of my dear late Nan Tribe.

This photo shows the very early stage of the beginning of the portrait sculpture, the features are mapped out as you see here. And will now be developed so that i slowly begin to sculpt up the full shape of the face.

And as the facial features develop so too will the likeness of the subject. The next photo that i post soon will show the features in full development and this will start to become a face of an old lady namely my dear Nan.

I thought that I would show this portrait in the making from the start to the finish as it would be an interesting insight into how I create a portrait sculpture.

Hope you're having a good week, keep well and Take care.

Hello dear friends, this is just another image of my sculpture MMV shown in a new Tint that I would like to share with you.

My new sculpture Wisdom is slowly forming and I will show the next in the making photo of this sculpture on Wednesday. This will show the next stage of the process of this sculpture, I'll continue to show in the making photos until its finished as I'm hoping it will be an interesting insight into the process.

I hope your having a great Sunday and I wish you a great start to the week ahead, Take care.

Hello dear friends, I thought that it was that time again to post a new photo in my gallery. Wisdom has been put on hold for a week or so and will remain on hold for the rest of this week. I have been very busy painting white frames for my Canvas wrap prints.

Unlike last year, this year very soon I will actually set up my website and start to place art works for sale. I might also try and place artworks in to some shops perhaps based in my local area.

The photo here shows one of my hue blue canvas wrap prints in its white frame. This is a print of my sculpture called The Classical Venetian, I'm hoping that the white frames will give the artwork a glamorous and fresh look. With luck they will look beautiful hanging on a wall.

I have many designs worked out for prints that I will show over time. Wisdom will commence from next week and I will show more in the making progress shots of the sculpture.

I'm now saving up for a trip to America, I'm hoping to seek out opportunities there and spend time with someone who is very special to me. Perhaps in 2022 I will be living in England no more, Take care of yourselves and I will post a photo of my sculpture Wisdom very soon showing the next stage of the sculpt.

Hello dear friends, this is a workshop photo and is a first look at my new sculpture called Wisdom. Wisdom is actually going to be a portrait sculpture of one of my late Grandmother's.

I had two very kind and beautiful Nan's, my lovely Nan Topp who was my father's Mother and my lovely Nan Tribe who was my Mums Mother. This sculpture will be a portrait of my late Nan Tribe as I just seem to have a few more photographs of her. And if I'm to create a fine likeness I need as many photos of my subject as possible.

The sculpture will be called Wisdom because as a little boy I remember feeling back then as though my dear old Nan new everything I ever asked her.

This photo shows the sculpture at stage 2 of the process, I will now begin to map at features as I start stage 3 of the sculpt. There's a long way to go but in the end this will become a very detailed life like portrait.

I hope your having a great week and I'll look forward to showing you more of this, the development on this sculpture soon, Take care.

Hello dear friends, tonight I would like to present to you the black and white ghost image of MMV. This was created from a photograph I took of my sculpture called Mirror Mirror Vampire. This was a wonderful horror sculpture to create and had a real presence about it.

I'm now working on my new sculpture called Wisdom and I will show a photo of this new sculpture in the making very soon.

I hope you're keeping well, I wish you a great weekend, Take care.

Hello dear friends, to night I would like to present to you the close up black and white pen sketch design of my Madonna portrait. This was created from a photo I took of my life size sculpture of Madonna.

This art was based on Madonna's Blonde Ambition tour 1990.

I start work on a new sculpture now called Wisdom, the next photo I show will be a very early in the making shot. And I will explain exactly what the sculpture Wisdom will be about.

Happy Monday I hope that you have had a great start to the week, keep well and Take care.

Hello dear friends, I would like to present to you my sculpture called Mirror Mirror Vampire, MMV. The sculpture is shown here in a black and white photograph that was taken in the workshop and is more or less finished, perhaps just a little tweek here and there.

The sculpture is about 28 inches high and was modelled in water based clay. It is a work of art based on the horror theme of vampires. This sculpture is based on the idea of an evil female vampire that lived in a mirror.

I'll show a couple close up photos of this project a little later in time, I hope your having a good week and keeping well, Take care.

Hello dear friends, I would like to present to you my one and only life size waxwork that I created of Madonna. I sculpted this many years ago and this portrait was based on her Blonde Ambition tour 1990 image.

This statue was sculpted in water based clay and then moulded in plaster and I created a cast in wax. I then painted the wax with oil paint and various makeup in order to create a skin colour. The statue had glass eyes and a full wig and was dressed in real clothes made by my auntie Sue Topp.

This photo is the artistic tint portrait shot of the finished work of art.

Happy Friday evening to you, hope you're well and Take care.

Hello dear friends, today I am presenting to you a black and white photograph of my sculpture called The Little Lilly Boy Of Italy. I have shown a portrait photo of this sculpture so now I present a photo showing the full figure, this was modelled in clay.

This sculpture was life size and was designed with an Italian feel and style about it. This photo was taken just before the sculpture was about to be moulded, this project was a delight to create and ment a lot to me.

With luck the next shot I present will be a new photo of my sculpture MMV, Happy week dear friends I hope your keeping well, Take care.

Hello dear friends, I would like to present to you the the light hue grey pencil sketch design of my sculpture called The Little Lilly Boy Of Italy. Still trying to keep an Italian feel and atmosphere about this picture.

The next photo I will show in this gallery will be a shot showing the full sculpted figure of The Little Lilly Boy Of Italy.

I hope your keeping well dear friends on tumblr, Take care.

Hello dear friends, I would like to present to you a black and white photograph of my sculpture called The Little Lilly Boy Of Italy.

This was life size and modelled in water based clay and had a true essence of an Italian sculptural feel about it. This is the classical portrait shot.

I hope your keeping well and safe, the final finishing photo of my sculpture MMV will be shown very soon, Take care out there.

Hello dear friends, I present to you the artistic hue blue pen sketch design of my vampire sculpture called Mirror Mirror Vampire. This is a close up shot, I will show a finishing photo of this sculpture very soon.

I hope that you had a lovely Christmas and I wish you a very Happy New year, keep well and Take care. I'll work hard to show some fine sculpture through 2021.

Hello dear friends today I finally present to you a photograph of the vampire for my sculpture MMV. This is my sculpture called Mirror Mirror Vampire, it's nearing completion all though there is fine detailing to add and a little more work to the hair. The sculpture is starting to really have a gothic look and atmosphere about it. I'm having fun with this character I'm really trying to create that look of madness about it. I'll show the finishing photo very soon and then I will start a new portrait sculpture called Wisdom. Hope you're keeping well during these strange times, Take care.

Hello dear friends I would like to present what I call my scrapbook page of previous sculptures. This is a selection of some of my previously modelled life size clay sculptures that I have sculpted over the years. All have been modelled in water based clay and some of these were based on actual models. These were some wonderful projects to work on.

Next week fingers crossed I should be able to finally show a first photo of my vampire for my sculpture called MMV, keep well and Take care.

Hello dear friends, I would like to show to you a caricature portrait I modelled of my friend called Dan. At the time my friend was involved in local politics and was a local Councillor and this was his spitting image puppet. He was quite bemused when I showed him this, the sculpture was life size and i present it in a hue blue Tint photo.

I wish you a great week, keep well and Take care.

Hello dear friends may I present my sculpture called The Two Little Cats at play, this was life size and modelled in water based clay. The photo shown is a vintage style picture and I hoped a nice way to present this sculpture.

MMV progress, the vampire is slowly taking shape just trying to achieve the right look, a photo very soon. Hope your having a great week and keeping well.

Hi dear friends I present the red pencil sketch portrait picture of my sculpture The Shy Peasant Boy. This was created from a close up portrait photo I took of the finished sculpture.

Happy mid week to you, keep well, I should be able to show photo no 3 of my sculpture MMV very Soon, Take care.

Hello dear friends, I show today a super close up of my sculpture called The Shy Peasant Boy. This was modelled in water based clay and I present this photo in a hue blue Tint.

This was one of my more cuter portraits of the many I have sculpted over the years, for soon I will be able to present my portrait of the vampire I'm creating for my sculpture MMV.

Have a great week and Take care.

Hello dear friends, may I present the super close up of my Dino creature, shown here in a black and white photo.

Happy mid week to you, Keep well.

Hello dear friends, this is the pen sketch design of my portrait sculpture of the gremlin Spike. I based this sculpture on the creatures from the film The Gremlins. This image was created from one of the photographs I took of the finished project.

I will show a first glimpse of the vampire for my sculpture MMV later this very week. The vampire is starting to take shape, Happy week to you Take care.

Hello dear friends, today I present to you a new black and white photo of my sculpture called The Glamour Girl. This was life size and modelled in water based clay and is a sculpture I created long ago.

I'm hoping fingers crossed that the next photo I place will be a first glimpse of the vampire for my sculpture MMV, well its Friday here in England so may I wish you a great weekend, Take care.

Hello dear dear friends, I had to slip this photo in to show you this is the majestic stark black and white of my sculpture of Tut. Its been interesting creating different looks from the original photos I took of my sculpture.

When I finally have my website up and running I will have beautiful wall art and designs on clothes that will have been created using these pictures.

I will try so hard to keep presenting further art works to you, I wish you a great week.

Hi dear friends, today I share with you the stark Black and white close up photograph of my sculpture The Egyptian Pharaoh. This is a new photo I have recently created of this sculpture from an original photo I took when the sculpture was finished.

My new sculpture Mirror Mirror VAMPIRE is starting to really develop and I will be showing a photo of this very soon. I have begun work on the vampires face and it is starting to take shape.

Well it is early Sunday evening here in England, I hope your keeping well and I wish you a great week ahead, Take care.

Hello dear friends today I am showing you a character I created long ago which I nicknamed 'Egg', this little fella had a head the shape of an egg. He was a character portrait that I created for an animation workshop. The animation workshop that I created this for is where I trained as a sculptor and looking at this little fella brings back great memories.

The idea of this sculpture was to create a happy friendly looking personality and make the character look kind and approachable.

I will hope to show photo no 3 of MIRROR MIRROR VAMPIRE very soon, hope your keeping well and Take care.

Hello dear friends, I present to you the vibrant Tut design image this is another design I have created from a frontal photo of my sculpture of Tut.

This might very well become an image I place on to black and white hoodies which I would like to put up for sale to purchase. I'm hoping that these might be of interest to the younger generation, at this stage I'm just trying to come up with I hope interesting items to eventually place on my up and coming website.

I was hoping to have had the website up and running by the end of August but I'm still working out ideas for wall art and clothing items, so I will hope to have it online soon please bare with me.

The next photo of MIRROR MIRROR VAMPIRE very soon Take care and have a great weekend when it comes.

Hello dear friends may I present to you photo no 2 of my new sculpture Mirror Mirror VAMPIRE. The mirror is now more or less finished and standing at about 29 inches high. Since the last photo shown I have added some intricate detailing to the mirror and the base. In order to give the mirror a pretty and elegant look about it, this could look beautiful placed on a dressing table.

But this is a contradiction for all the while that she sits to admire her beautiful reflection little does she know that something very unpleasant is about to emerge from it. THIS IS A WORKSHOP PHOTO SHOWN AS A BLACK AND WHITE............... now I start work on the emerging vampire Take care Steve, next photo soon.