Carving the Little Guys: Easy Techniques for Beginning Woodcarvers (Fox Chapel Publishing) Beginner's Guide to Caricature Carving with Practice Exercises, Step-by-Step Photos, and Finishing Tips

This skill-building beginner's guide reveals the secrets of capturing humor and expression in caricature carving. Learn caricature carving the easy way with:

• Skill-building practice exercises
• Step-by-step color photographs
• Tips & techniques for beginning carvers
• Adding faces, ears, hats, hands, & feet
• Finishing & painting your Little Guy
• Basics of wood, knives, honing & safety

Carving the Little Guys presents an accessible introduction to the art of caricature carving for beginning woodcarvers.

Author Keith Randich takes you cut-by-cut through the process of transforming a small block of wood into an expressive Little Guy. This easy-to-learn tutorial teaches all of the essential techniques needed to get started in an enjoyable and rewarding new hobby.

Discover what really gives these Little Guys their character, as you use your knife to craft cleverly exaggerated features like noses, boots, bellies, and shoes. And Carving the Little Guys covers all of the basics you'll need to know about wood, tools, sharpening, cutting, safety, finishing, repairs, and more.

Once you know how to carve one Little Guy, you are on your way to creating a variety of different occupation and personality types. With a simple turn of the knife point here or there you can completely change your Little Guy into a Soldier, Hunter, Fireman, Doctor, Fisherman, or even a Little Gal!