Designed for beginning and intermediate carvers, this book helps you create mythical creatures with in-depth carving and painting demonstrations. It offers expert guidance for carving all the great creatures of legend, including wizards, dragons, faeries, mermaids and more. It also includes a basic introduction to woodcarving.

Whether you're a beginning or intermediate carver, you'll learn to create wonderful mythical creatures from wood with this book from noted author and carver Shawn Cipa. Since the dawn of recorded history, beings such as wizards, dragons, faeries, mermaids, and other creatures of lore have been a part of many cultures. In Carving Fantasy & Legend Figures in Wood, Revised Edition you'll find expert guidance on carving these fascinating figures, and you'll be encouraged to use these patterns to help spur unique design ideas of your own. Inside you'll find: " Step-by-step guidance for carving a wizard and a dragon-each fully illustrated with dozens of color photographs from start to finish. " Patterns and full-color reference photos for 10 additional projects including a unicorn, phoenix, winged lion, red dragon, gryphon, sorcerer, mermaid, faerie, and more. " Useful tips and techniques for wood selection, using and adapting patterns, tools and materials, and painting and finishing.

This book helps you create wonderful mythical creatures with in-depth carving and painting demonstrations. It is designed for beginning and intermediate carvers. Beginning and intermediate carvers will learn to create wonderful mythical creatures from wood with the patterns and step-by-step projects in this book from noted author and carver Shawn Cipa. Carving Fantasy & Legend Figures in Wood, Revised Edition offers expert guidance for carving all the great creatures of legend, including wizards, dragons, faeries, mermaids and more. Two in-depth carving and painting demonstrations are each accompanied by dozens of step-by-step colour photos. Detailed patterns and colour reference photos are also provided for ten additional popular fantasy figures, including a unicorn, troll, gargoyle, phoenix and gryphon. It includes a basic introduction to woodcarving that offers advice on using the proper tools, selecting wood and paint types, using patterns and painting and finishing techniques.