[Woodcarver] relief carving instruction suggestions

[David Andreychek]

Carvin' Friends,

I want to teach a basic relief carving mini-seminar for 25 people at our
club's carving class that would last between 1 and 1 1/2 hour, although
they may take it home with them to finish it off.  My current idea is
using a 4" x 4" x 3/4" piece of basswood with either a wooden fence,
doghouse, or barn design in the middle of it.  This will illustrate
perspective, undercutting, texturing, and the difficulty of removing
wood from tight spaces.

Since this is a club with people having lots of carving tools or some
with only their 1st set of palm tools and cannot remove much wood, I
must keep it small and simple, yet instructive.

Any suggestions or comments?

Thanks,

Dave
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