Carving the Female Face Pt III -The Hair

The final part of a three part series on carving the realistic female face in Butternut wood. This video focuses on carving hair and helping carvers avoid the common pitfalls of carving flowing hair.

Tools:

If you do not have the same tools, remember you do not have to have the exact same sizes-- just within the same size range. For example a #4 25mm can be replaced with a #2 or #3 in a similar width.

• #4 -25mm

• #11 -4mm (veiner)

• #9 -6mm (gouge)

• #9 -16mm (gouge)

• #47 -4mm (v-tool)

• 1-1.25” bench or detail knife

• #10-3mm (veiner)

• #11-2mm (veiner)

• 220 and 320 grit sandpaper