the Non-Artist
Video 1 (60 minutes) "Woodcarving Without Fear - Six Steps to Producing Believable Woodcarvings"
In this intensive presentation, you'll learn six simple, definable steps to take your work to the next level. Discover how to set aside your fears about woodcarving and how to integrate relief carving with what you already know, bringing out the unrealized genius within you! With simplicity in mind, Ray will eliminate the confusion that beginners often feel by reducing carving techniques to their simplest forms.
In "Woodcarving Without Fear", Ray will share the secrets that the masters don't want aspiring carvers to know about how easy it is to produce beautiful relief carvings everytime.
Topics include:
- Project demonstrated with detailed step by step instructions
- How to repair mistakes
- Transferring patterns to wood
- Tool selection for beginners
- Layout and Design sources, theory and techniques for the non-artist
- How to read grain explained simply
- Wood selection
- How to create levels or "steps"
- Adding shape to the levels
- Shadow staining for greater illusion of depth
- Finishing techniques
Available upon email request for $24.95 or all three videos for $64.95 - Shipping is $3.20 US Postal Service Priority Mail.
Video 2 (40 minutes) "Woodcarving Without Fear - How to Carve Beautiful Wood Signs"
Take the mystery out of carving in this step by step instructional video. You'll learn that you don't have to be an artist to learn how to carve signs. Carving signs is one of the best ways to make money as a woodcarver!
In these intensive presentations, you'll learn six simple, definable steps that will show you exactly where to begin with sign carving. With simplicity in mind, Ray will eliminate the confusion that beginners often feel by reducing carving techniques to their simplest forms.
Topics include:
- Project demonstrated with detailed step by step instructions
- How to repair mistakes
- Transferring patterns to wood
- Tool selection for beginners
- Layout and Design sources, theory and techniques for the non-artist
- How to read grain explained simply
- Wood selection
- Shadow staining for greater illusion of depth
- Finishing techniques
- Signs are simple, make great gifts, and profitable
Available upon email request for $24.95 or all three videos for $64.95 - Shipping is $3.20 US Postal Service Priority Mail.
Video 3 (22 minutes) "Woodcarving Without Fear - Easy Sharpening Techniques"
Take the mystery out of sharpening in this step by step instructional video. You'll learn that you don't have to be a master sharpener to learn how to keep your carving gouges surgically sharp.
In this intensive presentation, you'll learn about changes in sharpening methods that will show you exactly how to achieve razor sharp results every time. With simplicity in mind, Ray will eliminate the confusion that beginners often feel by reducing sharpening techniques to their simplest components.
Topics include:
- Project demonstrated with detailed step by step instructions
- Old school sharpening stone grits explained
- Updated, modern water cooled sharpening systems outlined and explained
- Three stage sharpening basics
- Angles for all gouges explained
- The "V-Tool" explained and demonstrated
- Sharpening jigs explained and demonstrated
Available upon email request for $24.95 or all three videos for $64.95 - Shipping is $3.20 US Postal Service Priority Mail.