Small Walnut Cup

 This is Walnut wood, 3 inches high by 2.5 inches wide. No finish on this; it's just polished with "True Grit" buffing compound. 

5 Inch Plum Bowl

 

Here's a small bowl turned from Plum wood. A real old partially decayed wood. Just to see if I could get something out of it. Most of the wood is solid but there were bad sections of it running through it. I thought I'd post it here because some people like this kind of wood turned stuff, though I'm not a fan of it. I've a little more of this wood so another one of these may show up here.

An Awl

 

I made this awl for one of my brothers. I tapered a drill bit to serve as the business end of the awl. I turned the handle from a piece of Plum wood and added a bit of textured detailing to it. I made a sheath to protect the point from a piece of plastic tubing and turned a plug for the end of it. 

Watercolor "Cotati Fields"

 I started working with watercolors again. I might have painted one every few years, or let's just day "once in a while". I was never using the media quite right. Never had a formal lesson in watercolors. So I decided I needed to correct this and learn how to do it properly. For a quick one, this isn't too bad.

So, here's one I did in 2009 of a scene near where I live in Northern California. "Cotati" is a small town near me. At this point I was still painting incorrectly with these paints but by accident, nearly correctly. 

So, as practice, I've been painting on 4x6 inch postcard sized watercolor paper. This way I can quickly practice a technique without committing to a full size painting. 

I'll be posting more of these, showing my progress.

Small Walnut Wood Bowl

 This is a Walnut wood bowl measuring 3.5 inches diameter and a little over an inch high. Finished with Pita's True Grit.

Walnut Wood Box w/Finial

 I posted this Walnut bowl last week. Then I made a lid for it, so it becomes a box. Dark wood is Walnut. The light wood is Sycamore. I added a textured rosette between the box and the finial.

Small Maple Bowl

 Here's a Maple wood bowl measuring 4 inches diameter and 2 inches high. Finished with Pita's True Grit.