For anyone who's ever had trouble rendering the human face, the newly expanded and revised edition of Carving the Human Face, is your ticket to creating realistic portraits. From a world champion carver known for his lifelike busts, this updated book includes new patterns and photographs, in addition to valuable information on techniques for creating realistic hair, facial features, realistic skin and muscle, hats and head dresses. Phares provides tips for fixing common anatomical errors, and information about proper tool use. An exhaustive step-by-step project, that includes over 350 demonstration photos, guides you from a block of butternut to a finished mask of a Native American warrior. A gallery of Jeff Phares' amazing work will inspire you!
Breathing Life into Wood
If you're having trouble creating like-life human faces, this brand new book is your answer. World Champion Carver Jeff Phares, well-known for his lifelike busts and masks, reveals his technique for creating masterful human portraits in wood.
Part I of Carving the Human Face showcases some of Jeff's current works, which focus in on the wise and weathered expressions of our country's Native Americans, frontiersmen and cowboys, along with some of his earlier busts and mask carvings. More than 20 carvings are featured.
Part II contains more than 350 instructional photographs to take you from a block of butternut to the finished facial mask of a Native American warrior.
Inside you'll find:
- information on proper tools
- carving realistic hair
- step by step sections on each facial feature
- eyes, nose, mouth
- notes on placing eyes
- tips on carving wood to look like skin and muscle
- fixing common anatomical errors
- hints on carving realistic hats and head dresses
- and much, much more
The final section of the book includes more than 20 diagrams explaining facial anatomy and how it relates to carving masks and busts. Woodcarvers and fine art sculptors alike will find much new material and technique inside this deinitive full color guide.