Lesson 2 of 5 We recommend you start this tutorial series at the beginning. Here are the links to each previous lesson:Lesson 1 - Prep and Roughout Stage You can check out lessons 3-5 here:Lesson 3 - Carving the eyesLesson 4 - Carving HairLesson 5 - Finishing your carving In this Schaaf Tools Video Series, woodcarver Lucas Kost will take you through the process of carving a wood spirit from start to finish. In this exciting second lesson, your wood spirit's face will begin to come to life! Lucas goes over:- Shaping the nose- Refining the eye-mounds- Creating the brow/forehead area of the face- Woodcarving tips and tricks Lucas uses while carvingThe 5 gouges we'll be using today:From the 7-Piece...
Lesson 1 of 5 Did you enjoy this lesson? You can finish your wood carving project in the next videos, Lessons 2-5:Lesson 2 - Nose, Brow and Eye-MoundsLesson 3 - Carving the eyesLesson 4 - Carving HairLesson 5 - Finishing your carving In this Schaaf Tools Video Series, woodcarver Lucas Kost will take you through the process of carving a wood spirit from start to finish. In lesson 1, beginners will learn what tools they need to carve a face. Then Lucas covers an easy way to set up and mount your project if you don't have a carving vise. Next, Lucas will cover how he approaches bringing a face out of a piece of wood in the roughout...
In this video you will learn how to carve a cube in relief. This is an exciting tutorial, because beginner woodcarvers will be able to carve all sorts of things - dice, buildings and more - with the skills learned from this woodcarving tutorial. Follow along with professional relief carver Randall 'Madcarver' Stoner.Tools used:Schaaf Tools 12-pc Foundation Set - Starter Wood Carving Set for Beginnershttps://www.schaaftools.com/products/premium-hand-sharpened-schaaf-full-size-wood-carving-tools-set-of-12Transfer your artwork to your carving surface. - Secure your artwork to the wood block, then trace your pattern with a metal stylus (or pencil if you are using transfer paper)- Pencil in your design directly onto the wooden block- Save the paper with your artwork, you'll need it again laterTimestamp [1:40]- Using your Skew Chisel,...
We're going to carve an incised Letter R. That means we'll be cutting into the block to create the shape, and leaving the surrounding surface flat. This is the opposite of the relief carving style you normally see in these videos, but equally common when it comes to letter and sign carving. This style is also sometimes called inverted relief. If you would like to carve a raised Letter R, check out our beginner woodcarving video tutorial: How to Carve the Letter R in Relief With it's curves and straight lines, the letter R is comprised of many shapes that you see throughout the alphabet. If you can carve an R, you can probably carve any other letter! Tools Used...
WOODCARVING THE LETTER R - EASY BEGINNER PROJECT In this video, you'll learn how to carve a raised letter R out of wood. If you're looking for how to carve an incised letter R, you can learn that in the lesson here: https://www.schaaftools.com/blogs/news/how-to-carve-an-incised-r-carving-letters-with-schaaf-tools-beginner-woodcarving-tutorial Tools Used: Schaaf Tools 12-Piece Foundation Set – Starter Wood Carving Tools Set for Beginners https://www.schaaftools.com/products/schaaf-full-size-wood-carving-tools-set-of-12 Letter carving is a fun way to practice your beginner woodcarving skills. In this video lesson, Randy 'Madcarver' Stoner will show you a simple method for carving the Letter R in relief, and give some helpful tips and techniques along the way. The first step is to transfer your carving pattern to the wood.If you need instruction on how to do that,...
