Creative Woodworks & crafts 2003-01, страница 41

Step 5. Continue to loyer the man's left side. Make a stop cut below the arm and remove enough wood so that the arm is at least 3/8" thick. Remove about 3/8" of wood at the side of the head; trim the crown of the hat down about the same amount, matching the thickness of the head. At this stage you are simply layering. Don't get anxious and start the detail until you have the layering completed.

the hand on the walking stick. First, draw the fingers in front and the thumb towards the back

around the thumb and fingers and lower the wood of the walking stick so that the hand overlaps it.

the fingers and lower the wood of the stick. In carving the hand, first make a mitten and then carve the fingers out of the mitten. Notice that the thumb is on the side of the hand nearest the body.

again use very bold cuts. The brim of the hat hides much of the face, so keep the features very general. You can make most of the features with V-shaped cuts.

the hat. Make the brim floppy and the crown irregular. We're after character here, not haberdashery.

ears, hair, and shoes. Carve the back hcnd into a fist, with the thumb to the front. Notice tnat the cuts themselves form most of the detail, with just a few wrinkles deepened with V cuts.

and stain with light oak. After the stain has dried, buff it with paste wax.

Step 6. Now turn the carving over and begin layering the other side. Drop the front leg to the halfway line. Remove wood of the front arm to thin it to about 3/8".

Step 8. Once the layering is done, start rounding the forms. Carve in bold cuts, where the "cut becomes the form."

Step 7. Now layer the back arm. Layer the head and crown of the hat to match the layering you did on the other side. Note: as always, my measurements are general guidelines. I carve by eye, not by ruler. Use your own judgment on the precise thickness of the legs, arms and head, with the reminder that the tendency is to cut away too little, not too much.