Creative Woodworks & crafts 1997-12, страница 37

Step 3. Draw a 1/4" circle at the top of the stock which will be the tassel of Santa's cap; draw a line 1" down for the top of the fur, and then 1-3/8" down for the bottom of the cap. Make a stop cut along the bottom of the cap and remove wood below so that the cap stands away from the face, then remove wood above the fur line so that the fur stands away from the rest of the cap. Carve a tassel on top, and add cuts to show folds in the cap.

Step 6. Lower the wood below the mustache. Draw I a center line down the nose to help you center the eyes. Draw guide lines for the eyes. These guide lines should be about the size of I sunglasses on Santa's face.

Step 4. Indicate the edge of the beard by drawing arched lines from the bottom of the nose to the bottom edge of the cap. Bring these lines about halfway around the ornament so that the beard goes around the side of the face.

Step 5. Make a stop cut on the beard line and lower the cheeks so that the beard is slightly higher than the face. Now

Step 7. Make a stop cut along the bottom edge of | these guide lines, remove the wood around the cheeks, and round the eyes into the cheeks. You need not put any further detail into the eyes; the eye detail is painted in. Draw lines to I indicate the wings of the nose, make stop cuts | around them, then round ________them in.

Step 8. Carve the beard to a point and add whatever | detail you like with the cuts of the knife or add lines with a V-tool. Use your imagination on the detail as you put | your personal stamp on the carving.

Step 9. Keep the painting simple. With the 3/4" wash brush, paint the facel Dresden Flesh, then add a I wash of Rouge to the cheeks and nose. With the No. 2 liner brush, make a | curve with Black for the smiling eyes. With the wash brush, paint the cap Fire Red, then the tassel, fir, and beard White. With the No. 2 liner brush, paint a line of White on each eyebrow.

Step 10. Drill a hole below the tassel for a hanger |

and hang your Santa-cicle on