How to Relief Carve Simple Skull

When I bought Skulls & Anatomy: Copyright Free Vintage Illustrations for Artists and Designers from off of Amazon, I knew I would use some of the images in woodcarving.

The wood is yellow pine.

The main carving tools are Flexcut Carving Tools.

The carving tools I use for finer detail are by Meeden.

After tracing the skull onto tracing paper, I used carbon paper to trace the skull onto the wood. Then I began to carve out the background. Next, I smoothed the edges, cut out the nose and eyes, and began shaping the skull.

The video is on my new YouTube channel, ElizaCarves.

Author: StrangeAgo