Bruce DiVaccaro
Bruce DiVaccaro
captured clean graceful simple style
It has a clean and simple style to it; very simple. It has a nice, graceful shape. I was told it captured the personality of that duck.
carved style until
I never thought I had my own style before, until I carved that bird.
bit gaze looking quite spend time
I spend quite a bit of time looking at ducks. I gaze around and spend a lot of time there.
bit draw field gathering happy pattern pictures quite sit until
There's quite a bit of preparation in gathering pictures from my field observations. I sit down and draw a pattern until I'm happy with it.
contest duck painting ribbon
She does have some aspirations to be an artist. She's participated in a duck painting contest and got a ribbon for it.
almost coming eyes life looking process seeing wood
It's when you're going through the process of seeing the wood almost coming to life. Then, at the end of the process, with the eyes looking back at you, it's almost like it's coming alive.
easier heavier wood
They're a little heavier than balsa wood and there's very little grain, so it's easier to carve.
carved gave people supposed
I gave it a try, but I didn't do very well. Most people don't on their first one. I carved a mallard; at least, it was supposed to be a mallard.