Face Practice

I got a copy of Jack Price's Carving Small Characters the other day. I really like the naivety (and I mean this in a good way) of these and similar Scandinavian style carvings. The book is excellent, and takes the beginner through carving a small 2 inch high figure. Part of the process is to practice carving faces, and I decided to have a go at that first.

I carved a study stick as described in the book, and I was pretty happy with the result. I may have to get a smaller knife though, if I'm going to be carving many of these! The two pictures show the beginning and end stages - each stage has a little more detail added to it.