Pumpkin’s Back Alright!

I know that the headless horseman is a Halloween cliche, but for my pumpkin carving I still found myself drawn to the typical image of the horseman riding in the moonlight.  I used a couple of reference photos for the headless horseman, but deviated to make the design my own.

But first, the pumpkin had to be chosen.  Minion and I headed to Raab’s Fruit Farm to check out the gourd situation.

I shelled out twelve bucks for that baby and brought it on over to my parent’s house.

Minion chose a tall pumpkin and opted to carve a house with different scenes in the windows.  It is awesome, and I’ll be sure to share it in a later post once she finishes it. I chose a pumpkin with a flat side so that I would have lots of room for my scene.

I lightly sketched some of the image onto the pumpkin so I would know if it was in the right place.

I even got into the character of the HHM and beheaded my pumpkin.  I remind myself of Gollum in this precioussss…I mean, in this PICTURE.  In other news, check out my guns…not too bad for a scrawny girl, right?

Remember, when beheading the pumpkin, cut at an angle so that the top doesn’t slide down into the pumpkin.

Once I removed the innards, I could begin carving.

They never look like much until you light em’ up.

I even made a slight reference to Ichabod Crane peering out from behind the tree on the left.

Cliche or not, I’m glad I chose the headless horseman to carve.  I feel  like I was challenged, and that’s always a satisfying feeling to overcome. Eric was disappointed that I didn’t carve a portrait of Ron Paul, but maybe I will before  Halloween.  Just for him!  I am, after all, hankering to do another pumpkin portrait!

** If you have any pictures of pumpkins that you’ve carved please share them.  I would love to put together a post featuring your pumpkin carvings!  Email me a picture or two at melodyjmartin@gmail.com on or before October 22nd, and I’ll see what I can do!**