Carving Faces in Wood: Beginner's Guide to Creating Lifelike Eyes, Noses, Mouths, and Hair

There's nothing like culling hand-carved magic from a beautiful piece of wood, thanks to Alec LaCasse's Carving Faces from Wood! This fully illustrated, A-to-Z guide synthesizes LaCasse's hard-earned tips, shortening the learning curve so you can start carving a face in wood in no time. Thanks to its beautiful layout, this book presents wood carving faces at every stage--from selecting your tools and outlining a basic shape to smoothing out the texture of a face's fine hair. You'll even see which types of wood work best for carved wood faces, including the advantages and disadvantages of each. Or master different face types to suit your preferences. It might otherwise take years to learn how to carve a face in wood. But thanks to LaCasse's step-by-step instructions and photographs, you'll soon be finishing the detail of every nose, ear, and beard like a lifelong expert.
Want to learn how to carve a face in wood, but find the process intimidating? Alec LaCasse's Carving Faces in Wood is a comprehensive guide for everything you need to start. Featuring high-quality illustrations that break down each step to wood carving faces, Carving Faces in Wood synthesizes a lifelong carver's tips to shorten your learning curve. To many, producing carved wood faces is daunting. No longer. With Carving Faces in Wood, you'll have everything you need to carve out elegant, beautiful, natural-looking faces--even if you're just starting out!