Carving & Painting Christmas Ornaments: Easy Techniques for 23 Patterns in Wood

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FORMATPaperback LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

Get inspired to create a wonderful collection of handmade holiday decorations for a child or grandchild to treasure. Popular woodcarving teacher and author Betty Padden shows how to carve memorable ornaments to keep or give to family and friends.Imagine a tree decorated with your own beautifully carved angels, elves, polar bears, poinsettias, and more. You re sure to have a merry carving experience with these fun projects, color photographs, and original patterns.Step-by-step projects are divided into three categories beginning, intermediate, and advanced. A special section on painting covers basic concepts of blending, highlighting and shading, so that even a novice can get great results.The best ornaments on the holiday tree are always those that are handmade. Giving these hand-carved Christmas ornaments will be almost as much fun as making them!

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Carve Your Own Treasured Holiday Ornaments Get inspired to create a wonderful collection of handmade holiday decorations for a child or grandchild to treasure. Popular woodcarving teacher and author Betty Padden shows how to carve memorable ornaments to keep or give to family and friends. Imagine a tree decorated with your own beautifully carved angels, elves, polar bears, poinsettias, and more. You're sure to have a merry carving experience with these fun projects, color photographs, and original patterns. Step-by-step projects are divided into three categories--beginning, intermediate, and advanced. A special section on painting covers basic concepts of blending, highlighting and shading, so that even a novice can get great results. The best ornaments on the holiday tree are always those that are handmade. Giving these hand-carved Christmas ornaments will be almost as much fun as making them! Get inspired to create your own beautifully carved ornaments, with: * 6 complete step-by-step projects, arranged by skill level * 23 original patterns for delightful Christmas ornaments * Angels, elves, polar bears, snowmen, poinsettias, and more * Painting tips for highlighting, shading, brushes, and mixing colors * Festive ideas to hang on a branch or display on a shelf

Author Biography

Betty Padden is a professional woodcarving artist and woodcarving instructor. Her commissioned works are displayed at Disneyland, Disney World, Faneuil Hall, and Busch Gardens. She is the author of Lettering & Sign Carving Workbook (Fox Chapel Publishing, 2011).

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Get inspired to create your own beautifully carved Christmas ornaments, including angels, elves, polar bears, snowmen, poinsettias, and more. Features 6 complete step-by-step projects and 23 original patterns. Includes painting tips for highlighting, shading, brushes, and mixing colors.

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The best ornaments on the holiday tree are always those that are handmade. Get inspired to create your own beautifully wood carved Christmas ornaments, including angels, elves, polar bears, snowmen, poinsettias, and more. Features 6 complete step-by-step wood carving projects and 23 original patterns. Also includes painting tips for highlighting, shading, brushes, and mixing colors.

Details ISBN1565238435 Author Betty Padden Short Title CARVING & PAINTING XMAS ORNAME Publisher Fox Chapel Publishing Language English ISBN-10 1565238435 ISBN-13 9781565238435 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 736.4 Illustrations Yes Imprint Fox Chapel Publishing Subtitle Easy Techniques for 23 Patterns in Wood Place of Publication East Petersberg Country of Publication United States Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-09-01 UK Release Date 2014-09-01 NZ Release Date 2014-09-01 US Release Date 2014-09-01 Pages 88 Audience General AU Release Date 2014-08-31 We've got this

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