Red-bellied Woodpecker(smoothie)-video seminar

Join master sculptor Josh Guge for this 2 day-long seminar on carving and painting a “smoothie” Red-bellied Woodpecker! These demonstration videos were made during a class he taught at his studio in Elgin. The seminar includes 27 demonstration videos ranging from 5 to 25 minutes in length. The videos are loaded with important information you need to learn how to take a block of wood and turn it into a piece of art!  Josh covers every detail in the process from roughing out the basic shape of the bird to adding separation lines between feather groups, sanding, and finishing. You can decide if you want a simplified or a more detailed smoothie. He also demonstrates the entire painting process. This paint style is totally different from the style Josh uses on his detailed birds. In some ways, painting a smoothie can be more difficult because you don’t have a textured surface to fall back on. Josh shows how to use specific brushes to paint on feathers. This gives the illusion of carved tex