After not carving much for a while for various reasons, I decided to enjoy the nice sunny afternoon with a piece of basswood. I took a 1″ X 1″ X 3″ piece of basswood and my carving knife outside and sat on the porch swing that my wife made a few years ago.
I used the corner of the block to start laying out a face and carved the nose first. Next came the eyes and then the mouth mound. I originally planned on doing an animated mouth, but as the project progressed, the face seemed to lend itself to a long hanging mustache and beard.
After I got the face to look like I wanted, I then took a small 1mm v-tool and carved the detail of the mustache and beard, along with some eyebrows and small crows feet on the corner of the eyes.
Here is what I carved while enjoying about an hour of sunshine and fresh air. Let me know what you think of this little guy.
