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Lesson 3 - How to Carve A Wood Spirit | How to Carve Eyes | Face Carving Beginner Tutorial

Lesson 3 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 StageLesson 2 - Nose, Brow and Eye-Mounds You can check out lesson 4-5 here:Lesson 4 - Carving HairLesson 5 - Finishing your carving The eyes may be small, but they're important. They will make your wood spirit come alive! In this third lesson, you'll add the details that will complete your wood spirit's eyes. This Schaaf Tools Video Series with woodcarver Lucas Kost takes beginner carvers through the process of carving a wood spirit from start to finish. If you haven't seen lessons 1-2, you can find them here:Lesson 1: https://youtu.be/ylXGUYrQamQLesson 2: https://youtu.be/75p05aWd7ZkThe...

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Lesson 2 - How to Carve A Wood Spirit | Nose, Brow and Eye-mounds | Face Carving Beginner Tutorial

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...

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How to Carve A Wood Spirit | Carving Faces Beginner Woodcarving Project Tutorial | Lesson 1 - Prep and Roughout Stage

  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...

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What Tools Do I Need to Begin Relief Carving?

In this article, we'll cover what tools you need to start relief carving. So you've decided you want to try relief carving. (Carving in relief is a type of wood carving where the artist essentially creates a picture “drawn” into the wood with carving tools until it stands out from the background. If you aren't familiar with the term, we suggest you check out this article here.) Maybe you saw and were inspired by epic relief carvings, like this one by Randy 'Madcarver' Stoner:   Or this one, by beginner Jason Taveras:   Regardless of the reason, you've chosen a great new hobby. Relief carving is a fantastic creative outlet, with limitless possibility. Many woodcarvers also describe it as a relaxing...

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Madcarver Works On His Relief Carving, The Gambler, and Highlights Gouges From Schaaf Tools Wood Carving Sets

"I'm using all of my Schaaf Tools Sets, and I'm using them daily"- Madcarver The Gambler is Madcarver's current work, and as you know, Randy loves to tell a story with his carvings. Although the carving is still in it's roughing phase, already we can start to see a story coming together. The main character in this fantasy is a rogue gambler, wearing a cloak and flinging dice into the air. He leans over a barrel, protecting a stack of coins... In this wood carving video, Randy 'Madcarver' Stoner pulls a few chisels out of the three, signature Schaaf Tools woodcarving sets to demonstrate how he would use each profile on a personal project that's currently sitting on his workbench. The Carving Chisels Highlighted:From the 12-piece Foundation Set -...

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