Carving Animal Caricatures

Specific instructions, photographs, and angle sketches for 24 projects — from Bolivar Bull through Casper Camel. Only simplest tools and materials used. 94 illustrations. "Excellent for the beginner." — National Carvers Museum Review.

Carving Caricature Animals is a title by Fox Chapel Publishing

Specific instructions, photographs, and angle sketches for 24 projects — from Bolivar Bull through Casper Camel to Sammy Stegosaurus. Only simplest tools and materials used. 94 illustrations. "Excellent for the beginner." — National Carvers Museum Review. "Both beginning and experienced woodcarvers will enjoy this book." — Workbench.

Have fun creating amusing figures with ideas, expert techniques and tips collected in this great reference book of projects from the editors of Woodcarving Illustrated.

Pete LeClair shares his insights into carving whole figure caricatures from scratch. Heavily illustrated in color, the book starts with a simple block of bass wood, and goes all the way through carving and painting of a figure. Each step is illustrated and a helpful caption helps the reader carry out the project. A gallery of figures in the back shows the endless possibilities of using Petes technique.

Pete shares a great number of techniques and secrets of caricature carving in this volume, paying attention, as always, to the minute details that make the difference between a good carving and a great carving. Every step is illustrated with a color photograph and a clear explanation. Patterns and a gallery, showing all sides of the works, are included to help the carver even more.

You'll find plenty of colorful caricatures to carve inside the Full Moon Saloon! From the saloon patrons to the janitor in the corner, you can carve one or carve them all! Features the art of 21 carvers, full-color photographs, patterns and painting instructions. (Soft Cover)

In this book, Harley shows you how to carve and paint engaging folk-art caricatures in the classic Scandinavian style.Carving Flat-Plane Style Caricatures presents more than 50 imaginative figure patterns for you to carve--from lumberjacks and golfers to trolls and elves.