How to Whittle Little People Part 1 - Complete Beginner Whittling Lesson

This video is part 1 (of 3) in the How to Whittle a Little Person - Complete Beginner Whittling Lesson series. These video lessons are designed to help the complete beginner whittler complete their first project. As a lesson (as opposed to a tutorial) this video will take time to explain how and why to complete each step and will pause periodically to specifically teach new skills. By the end of the series, you will have carved a little person and you will have gained several basic skills that are essential for new woodcarvers. Future projects will continue the process and teach more skills.
By the end of this video you will be able to:
1) Successfully execute push cuts.
2) Shape a square block of wood into a cylinder.
3) Deal with breaking or splitting sections of wood.
Series Description: Welcome to the Complete Beginner Whittling Lessons Series! This series is intended for people who are completely new to whittling and looking for advice on how to get started. It starts with a series of four videos about what equipment and materials are needed for whittling and then there will be a series of projects that will teach the basics of whittling while completing specific projects.
Note that this series focuses on what I would call hobby whittling using dedicated whittling knives and wood that are specifically designed for whittling as a hobby. We will not focus on found wood carving, knives that are not specifically dedicated to whittling, spoon carving, bushcraft or other forms of whittling and woodcarving in this series.

[@baldoldman8083]

Thank you for your beginner series! I just completed a couple of "little people" and will be giving them to my grandkids. This gives me the confidence to move forward.

[@grahamthompson2022]

These are the great videos that I need as a beginner. I have watched so many ‘beginner’ tutorials that ‘show’ you how to carve a great character figure or wood spirit but to be honest, they don’t SHOW anything to a beginner that they need to know like yours do. I am so glad I found your channel as I will at least have a fighting chance of achieving something 🙏

[@dywoodcarving]

Thanks! I appreciate the positive feedback!

[@jimhobson9268]

Excellent video!

[@briandonaldson7357]

Hey they look like the little toys I played with when I was a kid,,, I'm 60 so that was a long time ago