Dixie Andrew has helped me create some pumpkin carving patterns in the past for a particular client who was looking for something unique for their seasonal farm & hayride location. She has also illustrated a children’s book I have written (you can check it out here at www.LittleIp.com)
Well, now Dixie has her own website featuring her incredible talent and artwork. Go check it out here:

Cherish the Moment Painting

www.dixieandrewart.com

Find Steve Jobs Pumpkin Pattern Here.

Pumpkin Carving Pattern of Steve Jobs

If you are thinking of something exotic and complex, well, you’d probably be right for most pumpkin carvers. In my case, it was actually quite simple. All she wanted was a butterfly.

In the end, I was grateful for the simple request. With all the other things going the day before (and day of) the wedding, carving a complex watermelon would only have been more stressful (though I would have happily obliged).

watermelon carving of butterfly

You can download this watermelon carving pattern here (you will have to scroll all the way down), under my special occasion patterns.

How I Create Pumpkin Carving Patterns of People

How to create pumpkin carving patterns of people using Photoshop or your favorite photo editing software. Pumpkin carving patterns of people can be the most challenging type of pumpkin pattern to create because of the difficulty in capturing the likeness of a person in simple shapes. In this video, pumpkin carver Jay Ball demonstrates how to create pumpkin carving patterns of people, in this demonstration the subject is Ron Paul, and shows every step in this complete unabridged full length video from start to finish.

Creative pumpkin carving has become an increasingly more popular activity during the Halloween season. More and more people have developed the skill of carving intricate pumpkins that are works of art. Relatively few, however, can create custom pumpkin patterns, particularly of people. Jay Ball shows how he does it in this video, but there are as many different ways to create pumpkin carving patterns of people as there are pumpkin pattern creators.

Pumpkin Walk 2010 Pumpkin Carvings

Yea. I’m a little late.

It’s been a busy year (as always), but hey, the patterns are finally up for public view.

Check out Pumpkin Walk 2010 Pumpkin Carvings.

On page 7 of my book, You Too Can Create STUNNING Watermelon Carvings, I talk about the nature of “Temporary Art”:

“My object in creating a beautifully carved watermelon is to create a special memorable moment. I like it when people not only enjoy my art, but remember it for a long time.

One great thing about ephemeral art (that means art that is shortlived or fleeting), is that it supports living in harmony with nature. Seasons change, leaves turn color, flowers bloom and wither. Life is always in a state of transition. Like Japanese sand and rock gardens, sand painting, ice sculpting, or sidewalk paintings, the art is on display only for a fleeting moment in time.

On a more practical note, watermelons are biodegradable. You don’t have to store them in your closet all year only to bring them out once for a short holiday season. It’s sort of like disposable dishes. When you’re done with them, you just throw them away.”

With all that in mind, you will still want to make your carved watermelon last as long as you can. Even though you know it’s temporary, in this video I show tips on how preserve and make your watermelon carving last.

What good are your watermelon carvings if they don’t get appreciated? In this video learn tips on how to display and light your carved watermelon masterpiece.

In previous videos we have discussed:

• How to pick you watermelon for carving
• How to clean out your watermelon
• How to transfer the watermelon pattern
• What tools to use and how to “score” your watermelon carving design
• How to carve a watermelon using the sculpting method

Now discover how to make your watermelon carving really shine.

Are you ready to start carving? This is the fun part, now we actually get to start carving watermelon. Up to this point we have selected our melon, cleaned it out, transferred the pattern… all the boring stuff. Now we finally get to carve our watermelon using the sculpting method.

So far we have discussed:

• How to pick you watermelon for carving
• How to clean out your watermelon
• How to transfer the watermelon pattern

What tools to use and how to “score” your watermelon carving design
In this video Jay explains why he scores before carving and demonstrates sculpting the watermelon pattern design.

Carve a Watermelon

Can you carve a watermelon using tools from your kitchen drawer or garage tool shelf? Jay discuses the tools he uses for carving melons in this next video in a series on watermelon carving.
So far we have discussed:

• How to pick you watermelon for carving
• How to clean out your watermelon
• How to transfer the watermelon pattern

In this video Jay shows tools that work best for watermelon carving and demonstrates “scoring” the design before actually starting to carve.

Carve Watermelon

Watermelon carving in a 2D style is easier than the more advanced 3D Thai style carving. 2D method will require a pattern to carve watermelon.  After choosing your melon and cleaning out the melon, you will want to transfer the pattern. In this video Jay Ball will demonstrate how to transfer the pattern using transfer paper.

Other methods of transferring watermelon patterns are shown in Jay’s book, You Too Can Create STUNNNG Watermelon Carvings.