Master the art of carving expressive people — with just one knife!
Visual guide to crafting Scandi-style figures from single blocks of basswood or butternut Exercises and techniques for carving clothes, shoes, hands, hats, pipes, hair, noses, and more Step-by-step photos and instructions for every process, from prepping the blank to painting techniques Helpful advice on knife choice, wood types, basic cuts, safety, sharpening tips, and finishing your projects Inspirational gallery of figures that can be carved from a single wood blank in the Scandinavian style For beginners to advanced carvers who want to improve or solidify their whittling and caricature carving skills Author Charles Banks is an art educator who is also a regular contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated and specializes in human caricatures with flat-plane flair
Learn how to take a single blank and turn it into hundreds of different characters!
Inside this book, Charles Banks, a professional carver and longtime instructor, provides illustrated techniques for achieving everything from different hairstyles and facial expressions to painting impressive details. You'll learn everything you need to know to create showstopping characters with just a knife and a hunk of wood!
Included are projects and patterns — with tons of step-by-step photos — featuring various human characters, along with a separate tutorial section on carving facial features and clothes. Tutorials include: Prepping the Blank Carving a Simple Figure Carving Sweaters Carving Vests Carving Shirts Carving Pants Carving Shoes Carving Jackets and Hands Carving Hats Carving Canes and Pipes Carving Heads Carving Hair Carving Button Noses Carving Angular Noses Carving Mouths Carving Expressions Painting and Finishing Old Man in Sweater step-by-step project Old Woman step-by-step project
Great for beginners and advanced carvers who want to solidify their whittling skills, this book also provides tips and techniques for getting the most out of your knife and a full-color inspirational gallery of some of the amazing characters you can create from just one wood blank.
Learn how to mix-and-match features to create hundreds of characters, male and female, young and old, that are packed with expressive personality, with Learn to Whittle Fascinating People in Wood !
"This book expresses the pure and simple joy of flat-plane carving in a friendly and accessible manner." — James Miller, Author of Whittling Workbook and Whittling Flat-Plane Animals
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