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Master the art of carving expressive people - with just one knife!Full-size patterns for 12 fun projects - 4 of them step-by-step - to help you practice the techniques you'll learnExercises and techniques for carving eyes, noses, hairstyles, facial expressions, clothes, and moreUnderstand proportion and learn what kind of wood to get, basic cuts, safety, sharpening tips, and how to finish your project with paint or other fine detailsFor beginners to advanced carvers who want to improve or solidify their whittling and caricature carving skillsAuthor Charles Banks is an art educator who is also a regular contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated and specializes in human caricatures with flat-plane flairLearn how to take a single blank and turn it into hundreds of different characters!Inside this book, Charles Banks, a professional carver and longtime instructor, provides illustrated techniques for achieving everything from different hairstyles and facial expressions to painting impressive details without fear.