Hey man, did you steal my cat? Good video. Extremely useful. When you get tired of that cat, send him back, please (We have one that looks just like him).
LOL! Hi John! We have three cats all together and I’m sure my wife Sunni is not willing to part with any of them.😄 Thanks for your comment and your encouragement!
Thanks Mick! I had not planned to do that. However, I'll be happy to make an extra video to cover the painting and finishing. If it's helpful, I want to show it to you. Thanks for your support of my channel.
Cousin Jack, I just found your channel and I really like your tempo and teaching style. I’m going to start on my own gnome this evening. Can you tell me if you use a wood burner on the creases and areas where you join elements? It seems like that would be a simple way to add shadows vs painting those areas. I’m subscribed and looking forward to following your excellent guides. Oh, and I ONLY carve Heineke basswood! Cheers, Steve.
Hi Cousin Steve! Thanks for watching, I’m happy to hear that you are enjoying the channel! I do sometimes use a wood burner as you mentioned, my snowman tutorial features that approach. With the Gnome I didn’t wood burn because I knew I would be antiquing instead. I can’t imagine myself switching to another supplier- Heinecke is hard to beat!
Hi Cousin Pete! The pattern for this gnome was published in the most recent edition of Chip Chats magazine. I also posted a pattern for the Hillbilly Yoga figure under the “Community” tab of my TH-cam channel.
Hi, thanks for subscribing. I would say that most of the time I will start with a drawing. There are some exceptions. For example, the snowman tutorial was based off of a Mike Shipley pattern. I just looked at his drawing. On other occasions I'll just carve some practice pieces without any preconceived outcome.
Hey Cousin Brad! I suppose I’d recommend a small (3 millimeter or less) and a medium (10 millimeter) gouge with a number 9 or number 10 sweep. Flexcut and OCCT have a wide variety of options. I also like the “Swiss Made” Pfeil brand of gouges.
Hi Brad! Absolutely! The 5" is an extra half inch taller than my original and you could easily just give him a taller hat or just use the extra half inch at the bottom and have him standing on a half inch base. Thanks for your question. Happy carving!
Hello D! LOL! Make it yours and love it. I'm just hoping to raise awareness of the inadvertent heritage factory facial disfiguration trend. Having that awareness can help prevent this trend from spreading further. :)
OMG you’re left handed too 😳 I’ve been carving right handed because all the teachers do. I’m going to switch to carve along with you❤️ Do you have any carving tips and tricks that only lefties know? I can’t believe I found you. Thanks! As the young folks say…I feel seen🤣
Hi Lefty! I’m happy to hear from you! I can’t imagine carving right handed, I’ve tried it and it felt strange.🙂 I don’t have any left handed specific tips. There are some tools (skew chisels) that are specific to left Vs right handed carvers. I recommend you check out Kevin Coates, he’s an excellent Lefty carvers with many videos on his TH-cam channel.
👍 Thanks again, another great video. You should have thousands more subscribers. Keep up this quality and you will have !
Stephen thank you so much! I really appreciate your support!
First time viewer!! Thank-you
My pleasure Laurie, welcome to the channel!
He's an incredibly cute looking little gnome.
Thanks very much Gina!
Just found you... love your enthusiasm and passion❤️
Thanks Peggy, That’s very kind of you! I appreciate your support.
@ 7:25 you sneaky little g-nome yoU
LOL!
Hey man, did you steal my cat? Good video. Extremely useful. When you get tired of that cat, send him back, please (We have one that looks just like him).
LOL! Hi John! We have three cats all together and I’m sure my wife Sunni is not willing to part with any of them.😄 Thanks for your comment and your encouragement!
Jack going to be a great project Jack ..Keep these great videos up
I appreciate that very much Gene. Thank you for your support, I hope to help others as you have done for many years.
ładnie robisz gnoma,muszę spróbować robić z Tobą,pozdrawiam
Dziękuję Józefie! Bardzo doceniam twój komentarz!
Thank you for all the free knowledge and tips new subscriber here.
Thank you for subscribing! I appreciate your support very much! My goal is to share what I have learned with my carving Cousins!
@@whittling love your Instagram channel also thanks for inspiring people like myself
@@texasveteran7231 My pleasure Tex! I'm glad we're able to connect. If you're on Facebook you'll find me (Jack Loring) there as well.
Hope you show us how you painted it as well. That’s really good shading. 👍
Thanks Mick! I had not planned to do that. However, I'll be happy to make an extra video to cover the painting and finishing. If it's helpful, I want to show it to you. Thanks for your support of my channel.
That would be great. Thanks
@@mickm1163 OK, I'll do it.
LOL.. that was more like Tater tots and a Gherkin.. :)
LOL! 👍
Wonderful tutorial! I cant wait to make one! Thanks so much!
You are so welcome! I'll have part 2 posted tomorrow.
@@whittling Wonderful! Looking forward to it. :)
My pleasure, I’m so glad you are enjoying the series!
Cousin Jack, I just found your channel and I really like your tempo and teaching style. I’m going to start on my own gnome this evening. Can you tell me if you use a wood burner on the creases and areas where you join elements? It seems like that would be a simple way to add shadows vs painting those areas. I’m subscribed and looking forward to following your excellent guides. Oh, and I ONLY carve Heineke basswood! Cheers, Steve.
Hi Cousin Steve! Thanks for watching, I’m happy to hear that you are enjoying the channel! I do sometimes use a wood burner as you mentioned, my snowman tutorial features that approach. With the Gnome I didn’t wood burn because I knew I would be antiquing instead. I can’t imagine myself switching to another supplier- Heinecke is hard to beat!
Cousin Jack , how does one get your patterns ?? Cousin Pete , fr: Halifax Nova Scotia. Be safe !!!
Hi Cousin Pete! The pattern for this gnome was published in the most recent edition of Chip Chats magazine. I also posted a pattern for the Hillbilly Yoga figure under the “Community” tab of my TH-cam channel.
Love the walkthrough, especially as a beginner who is interested in each specific step.
What sketch book is that you use?
Thanks Cody! The book was a gift from my wife Sunni. It's called "Woodcarver's Shop Journal" and I highly recommend it. g.co/kgs/yMEqdf
I won't be adding cheeks to my carvings anymore thanks to you 🤣
😄 Hi Jonathan, I would just say “use caution “. Somethings you can’t unsee. 😁
Very nice, a lot of Carver's doing corner carvings, you can tell it was a corner. Not yours, very neat
Thanks Robert! I appreciate that very much!
Great video. I just subscribed. Do you always draw your carving first in your journal?
Hi, thanks for subscribing. I would say that most of the time I will start with a drawing. There are some exceptions. For example, the snowman tutorial was based off of a Mike Shipley pattern. I just looked at his drawing. On other occasions I'll just carve some practice pieces without any preconceived outcome.
Hey cousin what gouges do you suggest for beginners?
Hey Cousin Brad! I suppose I’d recommend a small (3 millimeter or less) and a medium (10 millimeter) gouge with a number 9 or number 10 sweep. Flexcut and OCCT have a wide variety of options. I also like the “Swiss Made” Pfeil brand of gouges.
Now i can get to ya.
Thanks!
Can I use a 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 x 5 piece of basswood?
Hi Brad! Absolutely! The 5" is an extra half inch taller than my original and you could easily just give him a taller hat or just use the extra half inch at the bottom and have him standing on a half inch base. Thanks for your question. Happy carving!
@@whittling to make a taller hat to I drop the nose down a 1/2 inch ?
@@bradtate158 Nope, just use that extra half inch at the top of the hat.
Hahahahahaha no cheeks!!!
Hi Nikki, That’s right, no franks & beans. 😄
Knock knock.
Ummmm, Who's there?
@@whittling gnomes
@@ThePisceanDragon Ha Ha! I thought you were going to say "Gnome Buddy".
@@whittling you know what... that’s better than my joke. I don’t even want to finish it now. You win.
Great video!
@ThePisceanDragon Thank you! You are a Very Special Person. ❤️
I am sorry Jack but I will be putting cheeks on my gnome. I don’t want my gnome to look like Cousin It.😉
Hello D! LOL! Make it yours and love it. I'm just hoping to raise awareness of the inadvertent heritage factory facial disfiguration trend. Having that awareness can help prevent this trend from spreading further. :)
OMG you’re left handed too 😳
I’ve been carving right handed because all the teachers do.
I’m going to switch to carve along with you❤️
Do you have any carving tips and tricks that only lefties know?
I can’t believe I found you. Thanks!
As the young folks say…I feel seen🤣
Hi Lefty! I’m happy to hear from you! I can’t imagine carving right handed, I’ve tried it and it felt strange.🙂 I don’t have any left handed specific tips. There are some tools (skew chisels) that are specific to left Vs right handed carvers. I recommend you check out Kevin Coates, he’s an excellent Lefty carvers with many videos on his TH-cam channel.