Wood Carving Eyes For Beginners-A Guide to Whittling Eyes--Knife Only

Carving super simple eyes in wood! Knife only! Carved in a 1.5 x 1.5"x 4" basswood cut diagonally! Enjoy this project and the beautiful sounds of nature!

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[mikereed]

0:55 setup cuts
2:28 triangle cut - first eye cut
4:58 5:24 v cut - establish eye
6:06 6:29 rounding bottom of eye
7:09 7:46 establish upper lid
9:05 scoop cuts, establish the nose
9:40 establish bottom lid

Thank you for this fantastic tutorial, Alec.

[cattleNhay]

What a beautiful day out…a beautiful day for some happy little eyes that just live over here under the bridge. Happy round little eyes

[brianschleinkofer]

Thanks Alec, this is a GREAT video. I constantly get this wrong. Now, off to try it.

[johnjude]

My weakness but I can improve and will take time and repeat them until it makes sense in my brain.
I should be like you and use my wife as my model.
Might get not help my art but great for a marriage.
More vitamin C in peppers than either tomato juice or orange juice
Seriously, thank you for helping

[dustygirlcarver]

So helpful!
Wish I could rotate my chainsaw carvings 😅

[ronmccarty]

Dude! I just watched four eye carving videos before yours and none of them seemed to make any sense. yours are absolutely fantastic and simplified perfection....THANK

[carverbp]

Very helpful! Onward and upward. Practice, practice, practice

[sayangupta-le]

Your tutorials led me to whittling since a couple of weeks... no joke. It's such an engaging pursuit... thanks Alec

[lesliecampbell]

Great video Alec, just bought your book too😊

[CARVINGART-prql]

Kelas yang bagus dan bermanfaat sobat, untuk pemula seperti saya.

terimakasih..

🎉🎉🎉🎉

[ShawnLove-tyjd]

Thanks Alec I really appreciate all that you do and this broke down the thing I struggle with the most

[tomboese]

THANK YOU!!!! this is very helpful. God bless you well!!!

[worldclassish]

Excellent technique I'll be practicing that thank you Alec.

[NikkijsNWA]

I have watched a lot of eye videos, this is by far one of the best!!

[jtandroid]

Thanks for this Alec. Been thinking about joining Fundamentals of Woodcarving but I can't get cottonwood in the UK. Are there plenty of Non-Cottonwood tutorials?

[richhesketh]

Perfect. Thx for your reply. I appreciate your work although I’m a new subscriber.

[Skerpie]

Thank you. This is fantastically helpful. Showing each side is really informative. 🤝

[leoamattnet]

Thanks Alex! Realistic eye carving tutorials are greatly appreciated. Your Christmas Rudolph carvings also great

[richhesketh]

Thanks Alec, that’s so helpful. Q: When you’re carving a face. Do you start with the eyes.

[grumpyshorts]

I am half way into watching this and it's one of the best I've seen explaining the cuts and methods.