What Should You Whittle? Whittling Tips for Beginners 

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For my first sculpture, I wanted to carve a dragon and ended up with a tadpol hahahaha

I have been interested in whittling for a couple weeks now, but I finally actuallly decided to do it. I live by a hiking trail, so I went looking for sticks, found a nice spot by the creek, and made one of those little wizard guys. Gotta say, I am shocked at just how proud I am of it. Thank you for introducing me to this hobby! Now I just need to get some basswood :)

You're like the Bob Ross of whittling. Love your videos and your art.

Great video. Very encouraging especially for beginners. Just starting out here and sometimes it is hard to remember that not everything is going to be a masterpiece and that is ok.

You are so correct, the journey is more important than the destination.

Today, I managed to whittle out your fox from your tourtial, and it came out pretty good. I'm going to do some more as a neighbour loved it so much , I couldn't say no. And gave it away. I think if I do a few more, my cutting technique will become better. Thanks again for your excellent videos

I have a very old cedar tree that I've been harvesting branches of any length and diameter it offers. Just been whittling the entire surface to remove rot and beetle poop and smoothing out the knots. The cedar makes wonderful patterns of purple lines on white wood. And the chatoyance of that purple heart wood. My god. It's gorgeous. I have no idea what I'm going to make, but the pile of branches in my living room makes the house smell nice and is pretty.

The "if it ends up, like, all you do is sharpening a stick, so be it" line resonated: I never really whittled anything, but when I was at my grandparents I made stakes all the time. Inspired by the Buffy tv show.^^

Yesterday i wanted to carve a ball, just a ball - now it‘s a Walnut 😂 But thats war i Love on carving! You‘re Great! Greetings from Germany!

I like your comments about doing it to relax, and having fun. Plus making it your own style. Empathizing it doesn't Have to be perfect. Definitely words to live by. Sometimes just telling somebody it's,"OK to do what feels right", allows the person their artistic freedom. Worked on my son like a charm. Sorry I'm no poet

You just enlightened me about not focusing on perfection, but just crave what makes me happy when I look back to it.

I am just beginning to get into carving/ whittling! I just bought the tools needed to start! I am an artsy kind of guy but to make that art come alive on wood seems unimaginable! So thank you for your advice! It doesn’t have to be perfect! Make it fun! So that is the approach I will be using when I begin!

Love it. Being creativ is something that can happen without samples. Nevertheless, getting started is more easy with step by step instructions.

I love finding pieces of wood to carve wood spirits in. Some of them turn out great others not so good😂😂 Still fun

man you have sucked me into another art hobby, dang drawing, sculpting, animation

personally if I have no ideas I like to just take a walk with a knife and some wood (or pick up wood I find) and just carve something I see. like an animal or some cool shape I see. sometimes they turn out good and sometimes I just kinda laugh at them. but its just a no pressure fun thing

I just joined a whittling club and I'm going for the first time today. Thanks for your tips. New sub.

Love this video! Love your carefree approach!

Thank you so much for your encouragement and insights it is such an inspiration to make an action to be in harmony with the wood + myself (the carver) + my knife (tools) = fun (joy and fulfillment). Thank you so much 😊

This video breaks my apprehension and give me solid acceptance/welcome on what I am carving. Thank you so much for your kind help in building in me confidence in my carving style. Carving is indeed fun 😊

Love your channel... great to listen and watch... and Yeap will certainly get going on the bits of branches I found the other day... I loved whittling with my dad once when I was little.. and always wanted to try it again, lol! A lifetime went by!!! But heyyy... never to late ehhh! 😉🌟😎🌟🖖❤️ 🥳 love n hugs... thanks so much for sharing, have fun all 🌟🙌🙌🙌🌺🌸🐝🤗😘

This is what I needed to hear, thank you

Great advise! I have used some idea's I have found in various places, but I end up making things to my own liking. I admire some of the work I see others do; but that doesn't mean I want to copy there work. Thanks for the video!

Like your sketches! you've given me a great idea on how to design my craft.

Happy Holidays, I just found your channel after getting a wood carving kit for Christmas. Just wanted to say from first glance I really love your channel and your energy so so much. 2:15 this is exactly what I am excited for I love your outlook so much. Just wanted to say how much I appreciate you and I am very excited to get started!!

These shapes make me happy too

I'd love to see you do an egg like you have in the background of this video.

Great channel. I just recently got interested in “trying” this hobby. As a kid, I enjoyed “whittling”, with my greatest creations being sharp sticks and sliced fingers. When I saw you drag out your sketch book, I went dang. I can’t draw that well. Not even close. How does drawing and carving correlate? I’d imagine if you can draw well, it’s going to help in your carving. If you can’t draw well, do I have a prayer at this, lol? Thanks

Any of the very few and far between times I have tried to carve something, its been because a piece of wood suggested something to me lol!. Not verbally, you know in the shape, you can almost see something, like shapes in clouds.

Cool! I am very interested in whittling, specifically whittling dolls cuz I be like that? This is very cool.

I JUST started whittling! With your fox actually! :) the tail broke, I shortened the nose and it became a bear ^^ I redid it a bit bigger. I then did a small hedgehog. I was thinking about what will be carving number 4 and got a bit stuck. Not interested in wood spirits or chess set, and my goal of doing a moose will need a lot more practice. All that to say, your video got me out of my funk! I'm going to get out and carve a fish-looking piece of wood, then a better looking one and another one and so on.

Thank's again. G-G Yup,! 😀

Hi can you do a tutorial on the carving off the egg in this one and the bunny standing up

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Could you make a video on how to make that particular rabbit?

I love your videos :') so far I have made a bird. Then I went to the forest and got sticks that I intended to make into wands :') but they were too narrow so I'm making chopsticks :p I'd love to make a cat next but I think I need more knives - I only have a sloyd knife. What type of knife would you recommend for animal figurines?

My entire fascination of wood carving just recently started because the neighbor asked me if I could make her friend an wooden owl. Saw a carving of one and I thought sure, I got plenty of different knives I can do this. Started the owl, ended up trying to make a bear, finally ended on a obtuse Tiki kinda. Now realize I have no idea what I’m doing and need a new style of knife😅

Why does your "alligator" remind me of the grilled salamander from Spirited Away? I like to make art in all sorts of media. When I am trying something new where I want a reasonable result without trying I always do a fish because the anatomy is fairly simple and the shapes are smooth. It's basically a dressed up s or c curve. Right now I am carving a dolphin but that's because the timber suggested that. Sadly it must have been a bit damp because when i bought it inside it split a little near the beak. It's just a bit of firewood I liked the look of.

Hey man! You aren't by chance in Florida are you?

Do you have a snail carving tutorial?

What are the gloves you are wearing? Do they have a name or a certain type thats best for whittling and carving? Totally new and clueless

What are those wraps that you wear on your thumbs/fingers?

I have a technical question. Is it ever possible to carve a small, narrow deep hollow or gap in a whittling project? It seems like every indented area is created by ‘sloping into’ it, and never by inserting the blade in straight down - ie. At a 90 degree angle from the wood. So presumably theres a minimum diameter that any indented area/hollow/gap can be. Unless there’s some technique for digging deeply into small sections? Thanks

My first sculpture was supposed to be a gnome, it turned out as a monkey😅😂😂😂. I was just wondering how you would go about carving a sloth? My mom love sloths, the house is full to the brim with sloth stuffed animals😂. Her birthday is coming up and I wanted to carve her one, but don't know where to start.

What is the tape you are using on your thumbs please?

Is that just a branch from outside?

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What type of wood is this

Did you have links?

Can you carve a turtle 🐢

looks like a lizard :))