Wood Spirits and Hillbillies

Here are a couple pictures of a Hillbilly that I carved March 30, 2010 on my day off. It's the first real carving that I have done since around Christmas time. It's been a busy time and I have neglected to carve while it has been so cold outside. I have a lot of room for improvement, but at least I can tell that it's a Hillbilly.

March 2010 Hillbilly March 2010 Hillbilly #2

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I have been doing research on how to make better faces and one site that I found to be very useful for all types of carving tips and information, is The Woodbee Carver. The Woodbee Carver website is crammed full of very practical carving instruction and examples. This Face in Basswood is an attempt at following the Eye Tutorial from the Woodbee Carver website. It is located on the main page on the link list at the left of the page under Whittling Exercise - Eyes

Check out the Whittle Doodles on the site also, they are simply amazing and are done with only a knife.

Face Carved in Basswood Block

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Here are a few of my first attempts at carving woodspirits or hillbilly, along with a creative alteration to form a grumpy looking old man. I used the videos that I highlighted on the Wood Carvers Page to guide my approach to carving these items.

First Woodspirit|Hillbilly Second Woodspirit|Hillbilly Three Wise Guys Grumpy Old Man

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Beginner Carving Video #1 details how to carve:

  • A Boot
  • Minature Nome
  • 5 Minute Wizard
  • 5 Minute Bear
In a very short time, you will have these simple projects well on the way to being perfected and will be able to amaze your friends and family with how much progress you are making at wood carving. This is a DVD loaded with the full uncut instructional videos from Gene Messer. The videos are easy to take along with you and to show friends, without having to have an active internet connection. They are also complete projects and not divided up into short excerpts. You get a DVD jam packed with easy to follow instruction on the four simple projects listed above. Each DVD is priced at a very low price of $12.99 and comes with free shipping. Pick up your own copy and start making wood carvings. Warning, once you start carving, you may not be able to stop!
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