Woodcarver's Workbook

Woodcarver's Workbook   

by Mary Duke Guldan

This book has excellent patterns and a lot of narrative on carving 16 projects. Mary guides the beginner and advanced  with step-by-step instructions on techniques, painting, staining, sealing, including tools used and how to make the most of patterns. You'll learn how to carve freestanding figures that bring animals to life, plus additional suitable backgrounds. There are suggestions for creating ways to vary the poses of the animals and adjust her patterns for gun racks, ornamental moldings, and decorative mantle pieces. These lifelike dimensions include top, side, bottom, and front views.The cutaway drawings illustrate the  shapes of the animals at various levels. There are detailed shading techniques, and insightful tips on carving difficult areas . This is an excellent book packed with so much usable information for you to create your very own caving that stands out from any other.   

Woodcarver's Workbook Patterns:

• Cougar.
• Three Bears.
• Pointer Dog.
• Wolf.
• Bobcat.
• Mustang & Unicorn.
• Mule, Driving & Draft Horses.
• Bison.
• Bulls, Longhorns, Oxen.
• Cow with Calf.
• Grandpa and Grandson.
• Bighorn Ram.
• Whitetail Buck.
• Caribou and Ambling Elk.
• Moose.
• Mounted Indian.
• Elk(Dead).

Woodcarvers Workbook , Book Specifications:

• Softcover.
• 176 Pages.
• Author, Mary Duke Guldan.