Carving Facial Expressions

Carving Facial Expressions
Author: Ian Norbury
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1997
Genre: Face in art
ISBN: 9780854420674

Master carver, Ian Norbury, provides a detailed guide for all craftsmen to discover the art of creating facial expressions in woodcarving.

Carving Faces Workbook

Carving Faces Workbook
Author: Harold Enlow
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607651203

Follow along as Harold Enlow, one of America's foremost caricature carvers, teaches you how to carve faces! Enlow shares his woodcarving tips and techniques that make his carvings stand out in this information-packed book. You'll learn to carve a female face, a cowboy face, a Native American face, a Santa face, and more. For anyone who wants to learn to carve faces that stand out in a crowd, this is a must-have addition to your woodcarving library.

Emotions in Wood

Emotions in Wood
Author: Ann Brouwers
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-05
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781933502168

The secrets to carving powerful and emotionally-charged faces are revealed in this innovative handbook. Step-by-step explanations demonstrate how to create unique spherical heads laden with a variety of moods and expressions, including soft smiles, laughter, and tears. Guidelines also highlight a number of difficulties often encountered when carving emotions and offer helpful solutions. Ideal for carvers of caricatures and serious works alike, even experienced carvers will learn how to instill realistic feelings into their work.

Carving the Human Face

Carving the Human Face
Author: Jeff Phares
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2009
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781565234246

A complete guide to creating realistic portraits in wood from a champion carver. Learn the techniques for carving hair, skin, muscle and more. Following a step-by-step project with more than 350 color photos and 50 drawings that provide useful anatomical references, you'll be guided to completely sculpt the piercing features of a Native American warrior wearing a wolf headdress.

Carving Facial Expressions

Carving Facial Expressions
Author: Ian Norbury
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Face in art
ISBN: 9780941936439

Includes detailed step-by-step examples of carvings from the bandsawn block for both the beginning and experienced carver.

Carving Classic Female Figures in Wood

Carving Classic Female Figures in Wood
Author: Ian Norbury
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 63
Release: 2004-09-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781565232211

This thorough reference demonstrates how to creatively and realistically portray aspects of the nude female figure in wood. Focusing on the female upper body, two step-by-step projects with complete instructional captions guide woodworkers of any ability level though an entire carving project from start to finish. Details are included for using a band saw to outline projects, roughing out basic shapes, creating a model figure in clay, and proper mounting techniques. Color photographs of models in a variety of poses accompany muscle and skeletal drawings, completing this guide to creating realistic representation of the female forms. This book will appeal both to woodcarvers and to anyone interested in fine arts sculpture.

How to Carve Faces in Driftwood

How to Carve Faces in Driftwood
Author: Harold L. Enlow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 53
Release: 1978
Genre: Driftwood sculpture
ISBN: 9781882475018

Presents step-by-step instructions for carving facial features in driftwood.

Carving Realistic Faces with Power

Carving Realistic Faces with Power
Author: Frank C. Russell
Publisher: Schiffer Craft
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1997
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780887404863

Finally, a book for power carvers by a power carver! Learn to carve realistic facial features with confidence and ease. Concisely illustrated, step-by-step directions for carving the human head. Disciplines and guidelines pertaining to facial layout and proportion are coupled power carving techniques. Ten projects and plans.

Carve, Stamp, Play

Carve, Stamp, Play
Author: Julie Fei-Fan Balzer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2013-11-30
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1620334879

Take an exciting journey into printing with custom-carved stamps! In this complete stamp-carving workshop, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer covers every aspect of creating and using rubber stamps, including carving linear and curved designs, alphabets, complex and repeating geometrical shapes, and image transfers. After carving your own unique stamps, you'll also learn: • How to combine and layer stamps into original designs. • How to design stamps that work together as well as individually. • How to create stamps that combine with or enhance other stamps (hand carved or commercial). • And how to create complex, layered effects that resemble screen printing. This book also includes simple projects that explore various applications for stamping, including printing on different surfaces such as fabric, leather, paper, and canvas. Find your "authentic" design voice and get carving today!