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Fundamentals of Woodcarving

Carving Realistic Wavy Hair and Beard

In this project we analyze the structure of wavy hair and how to represent it using a handful of carving tools.

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.

  • #9 4mm gouge

  • #3-#4 1” gouge

  • #11 2mm gouge

  • #11 3mm viener

  • 1/4” Skew

  • 3mm 60deg v-tool

  • #11 6mm veiner

  • pencil

MATERIALS:

  • 4” x 5”x 14” Cottonwood Bark