Here is part two of the tutorial.  We are still roughing out the carving.  In this section we will begin to roughout the face, right and left arm, the collar, hat and the hose between the two hands.

I forgot to add the hose to the drawing!  Not a problem though, we can add the hose at the end.  Still, I would like to make the section of hose between hands as part of this main carving.  I will also be carivng out the nozzle for the front of the fireman in the left hand.

Here is the roughout of the hat:



Next I want to show you the right arm and how it is positioned.  The right arm is actually partially behind the fireman and is within the side view of the tank.  Be carefull roughing out the tank because you need to leave wood for the right elbow and arm:



Next we will look at roughing out the face.  Notice how the mustache must stick out.  Also, the nose needs to begin to take shape as well as the eyes:



I use a round gouge to begin to cutout the nose and shape the nose and eye socket.  Notice how the head is slightly tilted.  This is important!  For some reason, slight movement off of square creates a more realistic charicature.  I always try to make the head lean forward or back and left or right or even tilted as in this case.



This is a front view of the face, this will help you with the profile of the face and the mustache and nose:



Here we are beginning to roughout the right arm and hose section.  It is hard to see at this point but that is the hose comming out of the right hand!  Notice that we are also starting to draw out the collar and indent the the arm pit and elbow area:



The final picture in this part of the tutorial is a front view showing the left arm.  Notice how it is not square across the front of the fireman, the elbow is actually tucked back against the body and behind the hand:



Next time we will add more detail to the arms and hands, the hose will take better shape and we will begin to shape the coat.

Greg Phillips
Georgiacarver.com

 

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