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

By Betty Padden

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 wood carved Christmas ornaments consisting of angels, elves, polar bears, poinsettias, and more. You're sure to have a merry time with 6 fun wood carving projects, color photographs, and 23 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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565238435
• ISBN13: 9781565238435
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.6" x 11.0"