Enjoy this Great Horned Owl carving project!

This class aims to show you how to carve a female face from the side view. From nose shape to forehead profiles, the differences between male and female faces are generally simple once understood.

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!

This is a simple but rewarding side profile wood spirit project that will teach you the basics proportions of the human face. Enjoy!

The final part of a three part series on carving the realistic female face in Butternut wood.

Part II of a three part series on carving the female face in Butternut (also known as White Walnut).

This instructional video covers the roughing in/setting up of the female face in Butternut wood. What is the difference between the structure of the female and the male face? This lesson answers that questions. A good number of people have requested I cover the topic of carving the female face, so here you go!

This concludes the detailing of the eyes, nose, mouth, hair, jacket and shirt of the weathered sailor carving.

This carving covers the details of carving a weathered old sailor with an equally weathered coat and shirt.

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.

This video is about the fundamentals of woodcarving: the setup, tools, materials, and fixtures.

This is a simple and easy project, requiring you to employ some basic understanding of stop cuts, relief cuts, undercuts, and more.

This Dogwood Flower is another simple project, but with a little more detail than the Birch leaf. Multiple petals require some familiarity with undercuts and stopcuts.

The simple face project is ideal for beginners looking to start into face carving. It covers the basics of setting up and carving the male face, while hiding the mouth and chin with a flowing beard.

This second part of the Simple Face tutorial explains how I detail the eyes, beard, and mouth.

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.