Squints

[Charlie E]

"Michael 'Squints' Palledorous walked a little taller that day. He had kissed a woman, and he had kissed her long and good.”

Squints, from The Sandlot. Awesome coming of age movie about a group of young baseball players in the summer of 1962. 

Originally the glasses were just going to be cut out, leaving the eyes as floaters. I decided to save the glasses, add lenses and put them back in. The water drops are clear JB Weld.

Pattern in library.

 

Edited August 24, 2023 by Charlie E

[Dave Monk]

Great pattern and what a great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love it. 

[Charlie E]

@Dave MonkHa, thanks Dave. I left the eyes as floaters in the pattern since his glasses are so much of his character. Then I decided to save the glasses and paint them and put them back in. THEN I decided to add lenses. THEN I decided on adding water drops. (Clear JB Weld cement). Had a ball  ️ making it.

Edited August 24, 2023 by Charlie E

[wombatie]

That is so very cool.  No idea of the movie, never seen it, but I love your portrait.  Awesome work.

Marg

[JackJones]

An other great pattern and cutting. Glasses and water droplets are a fantastic touch. 

[Dave Monk]

10 hours ago, Charlie E said:

@Dave MonkHa, thanks Dave. I left the eyes as floaters in the pattern since his glasses are so much of his character. Then I decided to save the glasses and paint them and put them back in. THEN I decided to add lenses. THEN I decided on adding water drops. (Clear JB Weld cement). Had a ball  ️ making it.

Thanks for sharing the trailer.............It cracked me up.

[Charlie E]

7 hours ago, wombatie said:

That is so very cool.  No idea of the movie, never seen it, but I love your portrait.  Awesome work.

Marg

Thank you! The movie is a favorite in my family.

[Charlie E]

5 hours ago, JackJones said:

An other great pattern and cutting. Glasses and water droplets are a fantastic touch. 

Thank you very much!

[barb.j.enders]

Great cutting and idea to add the glasses!

 

[MarieC]

Charlie, that turned out great!  what a creative way to capture him....You are quite the artist!  Thanks for sharing the link to the movie as I have never seen it...made me laugh!  My girls with their friends have a movie they watch like a cult movie..."Princess Bride"  they seem to have all the lines memorized.  Thanks again for an excellent piece 

[rjweb]

That looks great, and a neat movie, RJ

[Charlie E]

1 hour ago, MarieC said:

Charlie, that turned out great!  what a creative way to capture him....You are quite the artist!  Thanks for sharing the link to the movie as I have never seen it...made me laugh!  My girls with their friends have a movie they watch like a cult movie..."Princess Bride"  they seem to have all the lines memorized.  Thanks again for an excellent piece 

Thanks! I love Princess Bride!!! Yes, very quotable. Bet your girls would like these.  

[MarieC]

Yes, they would get a kick out of those!  I will show them...  You did such a great job at capturing them. ....what was it that the young man Wesley who was the main character always say?  My apologies in advance for side tracking your thread...

[Charlie E]

1 hour ago, MarieC said:

Yes, they would get a kick out of those!  I will show them...  You did such a great job at capturing them. ....what was it that the young man Wesley who was the main character always say?  My apologies in advance for side tracking your thread...

"As you wish" is what comes to my mind.   

[Kevin Krippel]

On 8/23/2023 at 6:20 PM, Charlie E said:

"Michael 'Squints' Palledorous walked a little taller that day. He had kissed a woman, and he had kissed her long and good.”

Squints, from The Sandlot. Awesome coming of age movie about a group of young baseball players in the summer of 1962. 

Originally the glasses were just going to be cut out, leaving the eyes as floaters. I decided to save the glasses, add lenses and put them back in. The water drops are clear JB Weld.

Pattern in library.

 

Whoo, I could add a few names deserving I this title!!! Very uniquely done, attention getter!!!

[Ron Johnson]

It’s amazing how many characters you’ve done. Do you sell your work or do you have them displayed in your home?  Beautiful work Charlie. 

[Charlie E]

13 minutes ago, Ron Johnson said:

It’s amazing how many characters you’ve done. Do you sell your work or do you have them displayed in your home?  Beautiful work Charlie. 

Thank you, Ron! I don't sell them. I occasionally give one away, and I have a couple hanging in the house, but mostly I hang them on my shop walls. Fortunately I have 9 1/2' walls so I have a lot of extra wall space. I have somewhere around 125 hanging now. They get pretty dusty but I blow them off once in a while. It'd be nice if someday I could give them to a restaurant or something for decoration. Otherwise my children will have a lot of interesting firewood someday.