LEARN TO CARVE GNOMES, TROLLS, AND MYTHICAL CREATURES by Sara Barraclough

This is a great how-to book, it teaches you how to carve, starting with finding the wood that is most suited to carving. A lot of reviews have claimed that the book is too advanced, for just anyone to pick it up and start carving, I disagree. It specifies that you should probably have a lot of specialty tools, but there is absolutely no reason you can't pick up your favorite knife and begin carving.

In fact, the book mentions that you can carve on soapstone and other materials. Depends on what materials you have or what you can get.

My idea when I requested the book, was to carve faces or mushrooms onto the handles of my wooden spoons or have someone else do it for me.

I appreciate the complimentary copy of #learntocarveglomestrollsandmythicalcreatures from #netgalley I was under no obligation to post a review. ( )

Learn to Carve Gnomes, Trolls and Mythical Creatures
15 Simple Step-by-Step Projects
by Sara Barraclough
This is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary.
What an enjoyable book! Very informative and well planned. Lots of step-by-step projects with great pictures to follow the steps. My dad was always making little works of art for a hobby. I always wanted to try but knew I would cut something off that I might need someday!
This book tells you how to avoid that with what you need, patterns, how to be safe, and more! Explains how to paint your project too! The projects are arranged from beginners, intermediate, then advanced. All super cute! Loved it! Made me wish I had this book 40 years ago! ( )

This book has made me want to learn to carve. I enjoyed reading the author's thoughts. His dedication is adorable, and so are the projects. I love that the author is making projects for their daughter. The instructions seem do-able, and there are lots of pictures to help explain things, which is good. I cant want to try this new hobby out. ( )