Well, my plan was to do some carving today and not worry about making any posts on the OWS Blog. After getting some lunch with my family, I sat down with a 1″ X 1″ X 3″ piece of basswood and made a blind attempt at a small caricature carving. Keep in mind that I am just getting started with caricatures, so they are not anywhere near being great. 
I started by dividing that wood into roughly three equal sections and began separating the area of the head from the body.
Next, I started forming the nose and some of the facial features.
Now it was time to round off the head, before carving the body features.
Here is the finished caricature from a front and rear view.
The only thing left to do now is decide if I want to paint the caricature or not. If I do, I will probably using a light color wash so that the wood grain shows through. A light color wash can be accomplished by using acrylic paint that is watered down to the point that it looks like water color paints.