Head Carving Studies and Practice | Wood carving

I've recently been trying to get more into carving anatomy and particularly faces, in wood carving this can be rather tricky due to the subtractive nature of the work. It can also be very rewarding when you carve something the way you pictured it in your mind.
In this video I take you through some of the steps I used to carve six little practice heads from lime wood and then a larger head from ash, in an attempt to see how much the practice helped.
If you'd like to get into carving but only have the use of flat bench chisels and affordable wood species like pine, I currently have three Skillshare classes available for that exact combination of resources - skillshare.com...
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[@Bramsshed1913]

A superb 20 minutes of carving and I have to agree with Marks comment ! Thank you for sharing ,cheers Bram

[@ClintRoseCarving]

Thanks so much Bram I appreciate that! I've just started my watch list and I've got your skyrim vid on there so will be watching in a bit 👍

[@MarkMcCluney]

Very, very enjoyable Clint. Just so good to see you constantly improving at this craft. Your perseverance is most impressive. Does it sound presumptuous to say that I'm proud of you? Well, I am anyway! Cheers mate. God bless you all there and stay healthy.

[@ClintRoseCarving]

Not presumptuous at all! I consider that a big compliment, thank you very much. I'm trying, it's difficult but then that's kinda the point I think. Always good to hear from you Mark

[@TheMrWoodsman]

You are rocking the Lock Down hair cut Clint. Paul

[@ClintRoseCarving]

Hahaha, thank you Paul. Nothings changed for me there really, I cut my own hair!

[@verasalazar5152]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so!!!

[@ClintRoseCarving]

Hahaha thank you gorgeous!

[@verasalazar5152]

@@ClintRoseCarving you and that wild mane are the gorgeous ones! 😙

[@ClintRoseCarving]

😘 To you too!

[@TheWoodYogi]

Superb to watch Clint 😊 I like the way they are mounted, it make it easier to move around and see what's happening 😊 ॐ

[@ClintRoseCarving]

Thank you Chris! Yes the carving stand is excellent!

[@pattmcgood3790]

Your last head , I think you did better because it was bigger- allowing you to move easier. Great video. Thanks!

[@davidandannawild5587]

Great idea using a stand for this kind of carving, I have only just recently watched Alec lacasse in a lock down demo on youtube (cotton bark carving) carving association etc sorry can't remember exact title gr8 vid for showing depth in facial features. Keep Carving 🤙

[@ClintRoseCarving]

Ahh ok cool I'll check it out thank you. Yes that's just a carving stand I made with a woodcarvers screw I bought, it's excellent for holding pieces down.

[@makeyray7378]

You are the best

[@tom4od]

Could you stick many squares of plywood together to give you a cheap base to carve a full-size head?

[@ClintRoseCarving]

You could try and carve anything, there's no rules. Plywood can be tricky though with hand tools especially as the grain switches a lot between the layers. If you used a power carver like a rotary tool of some kind then it would be more feasible.

[@SanchayanTheCollection]

A very great presentation you have done.so mesmerizing. Carry on my friend .God bless you .my best wishes.welcome to my life.

[@ClintRoseCarving]

Thank you that's very kind of you 👍

[@theprestige_publicspeaking]

Weldone

[@josephhaddakin7095]

Cool. Make some unusually cool chess pieces.

[@ClintRoseCarving]

Sounds like a plan

[@orangestoneface]

human head profile of nose lips forhead going in circle around the human sized head could be woodturned, then noses cut out, or nose material removed till looks like nose , how many can be one , two ,tree, four. eigth sixteen even more.

[@نجارةوالنحتعلىالخشبعبدالخالق]

🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴🌴

[@edkopka9808]

try pie cutting the head before you start to put the face on

[@Lucashatcher24]

Have you ever thought of carving a marionette or a ventriloquist dummy

[@ClintRoseCarving]

I've had a couple of people ask me but never actually done it. Maybe one day inspiration will strike