Great video Johnny! To be honest not exactly for me, I intend to keep my carvings small, your dwarves as the biggest, but I love hearing you talking about woodcarving anyway. If I may suggest a video about carving styles, caricatures, flat plane, chip carving, etc. I think it would be great!
Thanks for the kind words! That's a good idea for a video. I definitely need to explore chip carving more before I tackle that, but I do want to explore chip carving more so that should be fun! 😀
Glad to hear it. Get involved in a carving club if you haven't already! Being able to carve with like minded folks, and ask questions in person is absolutely a wonderful thing. I cannot overemphasize how much it helps.
@JohnnyTheLayton yeah I'm in canada and have been searching online there's a bunch of clubs in Ontario . In the New Year I'll have more time to join one 👍 can't wait :)
This is good information yes this is my personal opinion I grew up with just a knife no rough outs a coping saw was my tool of tray cuz I had no bandsaw or my hatchet I don't use roughouts I never had to I can understand why people want to a lot of the work is done for you I just carve and how it turns out it turns out if I'm carving a gnome I've done cowboys horses what have you That's my ability these are great for people my personal opinion who maybe don't see it like I do I don't want to be disrespectful at all I love your carving I love your show but for my personal opinion I don't use anything like this even when I used to do decoy work I take a block of wood I did a lot of professional decoys I would use my draw knives my hatchet chisels and I would cut this body out I've been doing this for 54 years now I don't enjoy if you watch my TH-cam detail carving anymore it's too hard for people to understand so I went back the other way teaching people just simple carvings to get them started The main thing that I carve is my tribal art I've been drawing Tiki's and totem poles since I was 7 years old I see that that's my love I've done all this stuff like Santa Claus's hillbillies and I just got tired of doing it but like I said I am not knocking your channel at all I really enjoy your carving it takes everybody in this world to be a little different That's what makes it fun but like I said I just never grew up with nothing like this back then there was no computers no duplicators there was just old men sitting around with a block of wood cutting a person out I grew up around that I understood it and that's the way I am to this day thank you again you have a blessed one
Thank you for this Video. I’m having a great deal of problem picking up my knife and starting to carve again. I think part of my problem is I don’t see what the project should look like so I’m intimidated by it. I also feel that if it isn’t perfect right away I want throw it away or burn it. What might you tell me to help get past this block? I appreciate your talking about how to flatten out the learning curve on increasing your skills and helping to see the caricature. I enjoyed all the videos of yours I’ve seen so far. Keep up the good work.
First off, thank you for the kind words. 2nd... Robert i have hit this wall myself, and then hit it again, and again! 😀 My issue was thinking I hard to learn, all at once, how to do it all. But that's not the case. Break it up. Work on noses, do figures with hats pulled down over the eyes and big beards under the nose. Nice and easy, then practice just that one thing and make fun figures. If you don't do noses, pick something else. Just pick one thing to work on till you gain a measure of success with it. NOT till you master it. There is no mastering this craft, this is a journey we will keep working on till kingdom come. Just pick something to work on till you're satisfied with some progress, then move over to so thing else.
send me a message on facebook or instagram and we can talk. I won't even post my email in youtube comments because it'll get right into the spam engines.
Excellent video! Thanks for the information!
@sirguy6678 Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching! 😀😀
Great video Johnny! To be honest not exactly for me, I intend to keep my carvings small, your dwarves as the biggest, but I love hearing you talking about woodcarving anyway. If I may suggest a video about carving styles, caricatures, flat plane, chip carving, etc. I think it would be great!
Thanks for the kind words! That's a good idea for a video. I definitely need to explore chip carving more before I tackle that, but I do want to explore chip carving more so that should be fun! 😀
I always enjoy your video's
Thanks GrumpyJoe! I appreciate that. And thanks for watching them!
Thanks Johnny, good video. You seem to be progressing at warp speed with your carving talent. Keep up the great work.
@brianschleinkofer6251 Thanks brother. Always appreciated!
You talked me in to it, picked up a Swiszlestick rough out and that should keep me busy this weekend.
@coreybrown1421 😆 🤣 😆 thats awesome! Post pics when you get him done, I want to see! 😀
Good stuff Johnny
Thanks Clark! 😀
Great video! I wish these classes weren’t so far away lol. Not much around here in Atlantic Canada for carving classes
@EastCoastEDC Thanks brother. Yeah, I don't know if there is a big caricature carving scene in canada.
Great video I'm new to carving so this helped a ton 😊
Glad to hear it. Get involved in a carving club if you haven't already! Being able to carve with like minded folks, and ask questions in person is absolutely a wonderful thing. I cannot overemphasize how much it helps.
@JohnnyTheLayton yeah I'm in canada and have been searching online there's a bunch of clubs in Ontario . In the New Year I'll have more time to join one 👍 can't wait :)
@CD-Tank awsome!! 😀
Always love your video buddy
Thanks Arvind, really appreciate it brother! =)
This is good information yes this is my personal opinion I grew up with just a knife no rough outs a coping saw was my tool of tray cuz I had no bandsaw or my hatchet I don't use roughouts I never had to I can understand why people want to a lot of the work is done for you I just carve and how it turns out it turns out if I'm carving a gnome I've done cowboys horses what have you That's my ability these are great for people my personal opinion who maybe don't see it like I do I don't want to be disrespectful at all I love your carving I love your show but for my personal opinion I don't use anything like this even when I used to do decoy work I take a block of wood I did a lot of professional decoys I would use my draw knives my hatchet chisels and I would cut this body out I've been doing this for 54 years now I don't enjoy if you watch my TH-cam detail carving anymore it's too hard for people to understand so I went back the other way teaching people just simple carvings to get them started The main thing that I carve is my tribal art I've been drawing Tiki's and totem poles since I was 7 years old I see that that's my love I've done all this stuff like Santa Claus's hillbillies and I just got tired of doing it but like I said I am not knocking your channel at all I really enjoy your carving it takes everybody in this world to be a little different That's what makes it fun but like I said I just never grew up with nothing like this back then there was no computers no duplicators there was just old men sitting around with a block of wood cutting a person out I grew up around that I understood it and that's the way I am to this day thank you again you have a blessed one
@whittlerdave1440 Not a problem Dave, appreciate you!
Thank you for this Video. I’m having a great deal of problem picking up my knife and starting to carve again. I think part of my problem is I don’t see what the project should look like so I’m intimidated by it. I also feel that if it isn’t perfect right away I want throw it away or burn it. What might you tell me to help get past this block? I appreciate your talking about how to flatten out the learning curve on increasing your skills and helping to see the caricature. I enjoyed all the videos of yours I’ve seen so far. Keep up the good work.
First off, thank you for the kind words. 2nd...
Robert i have hit this wall myself, and then hit it again, and again! 😀
My issue was thinking I hard to learn, all at once, how to do it all. But that's not the case. Break it up. Work on noses, do figures with hats pulled down over the eyes and big beards under the nose. Nice and easy, then practice just that one thing and make fun figures.
If you don't do noses, pick something else. Just pick one thing to work on till you gain a measure of success with it. NOT till you master it. There is no mastering this craft, this is a journey we will keep working on till kingdom come. Just pick something to work on till you're satisfied with some progress, then move over to so thing else.
Great video as always keep it up. I love your stuff.
@@JeffDay-y7j Thanks Jeff, Much appreciated!
Have something that might be of interest can you give me a mailing address and address to send pictures and information.thsnks Johnny
send me a message on facebook or instagram and we can talk. I won't even post my email in youtube comments because it'll get right into the spam engines.
@@JohnnyTheLayton Johnny let me know some way to contact you
@@JohnJude-dp6ed facebook.com/johnnythelayton