A steep learning curve

These 3 figures I was less than pleased with. The central face bears a recognizable likeness to the owner but the 2 flanking heads are disasters!

Wood: Lime (Tilia x europea)
Height: 7.5 - 10 cms
Finish: Linseed oil, acrylic/oil paint and beeswax

Lessons I took from these are:-
  1. Get the basic dimensions correct at the start
  2. Never use pure black or white paint, it   distracts attention from the rest of the piece.

Well known faces?

These are my first attempts at caricaturing some well known faces in the UK.

Wood: Lime (Tilia x europea)
Height: 7.5 - 9 cms
Finish: Linseed oil, acrylic/oil paint and beeswax

I was reasonably pleased with these 3 pieces each bearing some resemblance to the face I had in mind!

First caricatures

My first caricatures were made using the publication entitled "Carving Caricature Heads & Faces" written by W. Pete LeClair, who is a member of the prestigious Caricature Carvers of America http://www.cca-carvers.org/

The figures are carved in Lime (Tilia x europaea), are between 6 -9 cms high and mounted on cork bottle stoppers.
The wood is left with a tooled finish, coated with linseed oil, then painted with acrylic paint for the eyes and teeth, and diluted oil paint for the remainder. When dry the figures were polished with beeswax polish then buffed with a brush once dry.