woodcarving tutorial human faces

overview of the process of carving a human face

[@stevew585]

Neil, your incredibly talented Sir, Thank you for the wonderful video.

[@richieperrotta4272]

I have been woodcarving for twenty years and a Retired Surgeon. You have been the greatest inspiration My focus now is what wood to take away !!! Thank you so much.

[@neilthecarver]

Fantastic, glad to hear it.

[@MrMorton2u]

Great job Neil! You are a natural!!!

[@20bluebug]

LOL!!! Great and clear tutorial! Love the bit of humor too :)

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

Glad to hear it.

[@jamesmason600]

Really great information, it's hard to find material to help the beginner get started so I really appreciate you making this.

[@joergjung4060]

Awesome video Neil ! Sitting on the railroadtrax - LOL too funny :) I wish i can carve with you again one day!

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

Yes I hope we can one day soon.

[@sinterklaasje1975]

great video Neil - it's like listening to the Bob Ross of woodcarving ;-) .. very soothing to listen to, yet very impressive skills! Looking forward to more videos! :-) Those'll take us through these grey winter days here in the Netherlands!

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

Thanks for the comment.

[@jamesrankin9833]

Good stuff!

[@pdsuperfoods5381]

Hi Neil Your still at it, wonderful!!! Its Paul Dawkins living in Cornwall Nova Scotia, building tiny houses and sculptures.

[@neilthecarver]

Paul, It's great to hear from you. Stay in touch.

[@ozzie8821]

Excellent work on your art and your teachings thanks!!!

[@mitchgingrich2619]

Super helpful. I’m trying to get faces down and always ruin the proportions. This was great. Thank you!

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

Yes, you are very welcome.

[@rainerleimeroth417]

thank you Neil, very helpful insights

[@StuffILike126]

This is great, thanks

[@katecrawford9966]

Oh wow!! All these years I have known you and I never once have seen you do a carving!!! Awesome vid! Maybe out your video editor's name in the credits? As the mother of an editor I must say I always appreciate it. 😄

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

I can only blame myself for the editing. I appreciate the comments.

[@tdchurchie]

As a carver I really appreciated the editing, I thought it was the exact speed I learn best at without getting distracted. The voice was awesome by the way

[@wereflea8496]

Technique over mystique! Nice useful instruction.

[@stirfrywok2927]

This is fantastic, thank you for the upload

[@BlablablaBlablabla-mz8lz]

So beautiful!

[@Kang_minsoo]

아까 기차올때 깜짝 놀랐습니다. ㅎㅎ 나무 조각 참 좋아해요. 예전에 대학시절 깍던 기억이 나서 좋았습니다. I was pleasantly surprised when the train came earlier. I really like wood carving. It reminded me of when I was in college, and it was good.

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

Yes, you do good work.

[@koroniriawehipeihanahaumu6770]

Brilliant thankyou sir this is amazing tutorial wood carving cheers to you sir.

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

Thank you. My apologies for taking so long to finish the series. I still have the mouth and eyes to cover.

[@glennmacneil549]

I work for the railroad, and I’m a wood carver. I agree… never carve (or walk) on the tracks

[@kevincaruthers5412]

Love the video! Subbed

[@danielgoncalves430]

Very good

[@ohmsanti7914]

Thanks this video was very helpful to me!

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

I'm glad it was helpful. There are so many great video tutorials out there on all kinds of topics.

[@CMaDe123]

Thank very Helpful!!!!

[@tomevans4402]

Great video thank you. Just found your stuff

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

Hope it helps

[@russalex]

Отличный урок, 👍👋 благодарю

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

You are very welcome

[@cathie1234567891]

Great job Neil ! #NeilCoxWoodcarving

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

I'll try to do more

[@MrNutmegdesigns]

You mention sometimes you model with the computer. what program do you use to do that?

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

I'm using Zbrush, but I also do some modelling with Blender and MakeHuman. The last two are open source and free.

[@robertvazquez8706]

I wish i could do that

[@elijahhutchinson3031]

You instantly got a subscriber.

[@neilthecarver]

hope you find it helpful.

[@1980saxon]

Hi, I'd like to ask you how you blocked the sculpture.

[@neilthecarver]

hello deli rio, Perhaps the blocking out is somewhat simplified in the video. For a carving like this I work directly in the wood. However I encourage people to use good research and from your research you could trace the outline of the face from the side and the front and cut down to those contours. If you make a clay model you can even make some rough measurements. None of this is easy in the beginning, but with practice things get better. I hope this helps

[@1980saxon]

@@neilthecarver very thank you for the reply

[@TheFlenen]

Please please PLEASE do more and more. Do you accept challenges? I want to see an expert like yourself create a face like this on 2" thick timber. I'm a wood carver myself, and I generally only have access to thinner timber, and I'm desperate to learn how to carve a face like on a coin yet there's next to no info out there :/

[@neilthecarver]

Yes I intend to do more. I'll try to cover relief carving, which is carving on thinner material, but one of the real masters of relief carving is Rick Harney. Be sure to check out images and videos of his work.

[@Speedogamer423]

Plz tell me wood name... 🙏🙏🙏

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

In North America we call it Basswood. In Europe it is called Linden. In England it is also called Limewood.

[@paquitagallego6171]

Then with the eyes you have to apply a litlel trick..mmm

[@neilthecarver]

Yes, my apologies, I haven't finished the video on carving human eyes yet, but I will get to it.

[@himanshubiswas4612]

Give me visa i am indian

[@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.k

[@neilzcoxwoodcarving]

Very interesting. I'm sure it can be done.

[@orangestoneface]

@@neilzcoxwoodcarving probably has been done a few times but not findable on youtube , you can be first in the world

[@orangestoneface]

@@neilzcoxwoodcarving oh your a carver not a turner ...