Turning our beginner sunflower into a pro level carving.

Turn a beginner face into an advanced one!

How shapes and lines around the eyes are created to look like that of an aged person.

A video produced for Woodcarving Illustrated on carving hair!

I show you the mistakes that most carvers make when carving faces and how turn a decent carving into a great one!

Learn to carve a lighthouse in cottonwood bark.

In this video I will show you how to carve a portrait of Christ from the 3D images taken from the Shroud of Turin.

Enjoy this Great Horned Owl carving project!

Warning, this is categorized as a beginner project, but includes some challenging elements of carving the face. If you are a beginner and have not already completed the “beginner face carving” project, I recommend you complete that project first. Excuse the piece of fuzz hanging from my chin, and the audio problems for a few minutes toward the end. Post your questions and progress to the FOW facebook group !

This carving is an intermediate project, but more toward the advanced side of intermediate. So this project is not for the faint of heart, but it sure is a blast if you can keep up!

Many students have asked me about how I carve closed eyes and the truth is, it’s actually fairly simple

This hiding greenman is turned away from the viewer and covered with leaves. A great project to make for carvers looking to sell their work since these sell like hotcakes.

Intermediate level project, carving the face in Plains Cottonwood Bark. This first video is about how to set up a good foundation for the realistic face.

This video explains how I use gouges, knives, and chisels to shape parts of the schnoz. Feel free to scrub through to find the parts you need help with.

The eyes certainly capture the life of the face and in this video I show you how to carve the eyes as a part of this intermediate face carving series.

This video explains how I carve the male mouth. Feel free to use this as a visual tool by scrubbing to areas of the video that are most relevant to you.

This video explains how I carve the hair in Plains Cottonwood Bark as a part of this intermediate face carving series.