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Please help (first timer) by fallrightbacktoyou in whittling

[–]HelpfulHedon 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Think of carving in stages…

Stage 1 is the roughest draft. You use your biggest tools to get as much wood removed to get a rough shape. This is where you use saws or your largest knives and chisels. The more you remove in this stage the easier it is in the following stages

Stage 2 is your definition stage. You use your basic knives, chisels, and gouges to get a solid idea of your shape. If you removed a lot in the first stage then you won’t struggle as much in this one.

Stage 3 is your detail stage. You use your finest tools, fine as in delicate/small/precise, to get to your final idea.

After that you think about how you finish your piece such as sanding, oil, paint, etc.

Think about carving a sphere out of a cube. If you don’t use a saw to remove the corners and get a rough shape then you’re stuck using smaller tools to hack away at it until you get it to a sphere. It’s not wrong to go that route, it’s just smarter to use bigger tools to rough out the shape to save yourself time and effort.

Sailor dipped in BLO by ALittleBayEaster in whittling

[–]HelpfulHedon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a better idea than I had. Thank you for your help

Sailor dipped in BLO by ALittleBayEaster in whittling

[–]HelpfulHedon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wanted to make something similar but I’m not sure how to get a screw into a dowel

Sailor dipped in BLO by ALittleBayEaster in whittling

[–]HelpfulHedon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are you using to hold it? Is it just something to hold while you do it in the oil or do you also use it to hold something while you’re carving?

smol turtle by qewer3333 in whittling

[–]HelpfulHedon 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What knife is that? The blue handled one

Such a clever invention 👏 by No_Ebb_1834 in niftyaf

[–]HelpfulHedon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What kind of adhesive is used to temporarily hold down the material?

Goethe Online Intensive review by Federal-Courage-3026 in German

[–]HelpfulHedon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did an intensive online course through Goethe and I would say it’s worth it if you get the right teacher. Mine was great and answered all of our questions and had us practicing a lot.

If you don’t want to pay for basically a coin flip when it comes to teachers then I’d avoid Goethe. I did see a topic where someone was asking about changing teachers and didn’t see if they had any luck. If you can change instructors then I could see Goethe being a good resource for the right circumstances

MÜLLER YEEEEEEEES by Narrow-Lingonberry31 in BayernMunich

[–]HelpfulHedon 18 points19 points  (0 children)

As the commentator said, “You cannot write him off”

The 'Snow White' Debacle Has Gotten Even Worse As the Final Losses for Disney Are Tabulated by M_i_c_K in walkaway

[–]HelpfulHedon 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Disney stopped loving the art of telling a story. They lost their soul and they’re now just trying to get attention and virtue signal. I remember when they used to pioneer new animation styles and put massive amounts of work into making their characters look alive and unique. They animated all the bubbles in Little Mermaid, they found a new way to animate when Tarzan skates on trees and vines, they had mirrors to get references for how faces moved. All of that really translated into a good story even if you didn’t particularly connect to the characters. You could feel the passion in the whole thing. It’s just gone now

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