Doug I really enjoy your video instruction as you don’t talk down to the viewers you invite them to come with you throughout the process.Keep up the great job most enjoyable.
Thank You! I carved a hillbilly yesterday, first figure I ever made. You are a great teacher! These are among the very best carving videos on RU-vid. - appreciated by many I'm sure.
I happened across one of your videos with no prior interest in whittling. Now I'm subscribed to your page and have purchased whittling knives and wood. I'm so obsessed that I stayed up until 4:00 am whittling a wooden spoon. It looks TERRIBLE! You make it look so easy. Thank you for all the videos. I really enjoy watching them. My husband wont let me watch them anymore when he's in the room because it's all I watch. Lol
Thanks for picking up for Gene, since he hasn't been able to keep doing his videos. Gene I miss your videos, so, I will keep watching Doug's channel. Thank you both!
You shouldn’t say your whittling is not art. It may not be Monet or MichaelAngelo, but it IS artistic, nonetheless. Don’t know what it is about your whittling, but it’s very therapeutic. And they look so great. Thank you for sharing.
Hi, Your videos are wonderful and i have been watching a lot of them. Until now i have off and on "tried" carving. Now that i have watched your tutorials I have more confidence, understand it so much more. I carved a little apple, mushroom, man with a mustache and beard. I also carved a dog of my own design. I'm a part time art teacher K-8th grades and I create all kinds of art. I wanted to learn to carve for myself and I have always loved wood! So I'm so happy to have found your channel I'm 57 so I consider myself "old School", lol. I agree when you said let's get this younger generation learning the art of whittling and carving get them off their screens 24/7. Thank you very much for your time and channel!
Thank you for taking the time to make this walkthrough. You just taught me that I have a pretty long way to go with my carving. Those little dude's are very cool. Angling the blade for the back cut is where the magic starts to happen... Thanks again, Doug.
Thanks so much for this video!! I spent the evening carving my first hillbilly on the patio while sipping some good bourbon. You are a gentleman for sharing such a good step by step instruction 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Doug im an old critter 82 just started whittling i started with your little man iv now attempted eight id only show four the others didnt turn out to good, i have a lot of Arthritis in my hands and iv found cutting my wood all six or seven inches long ,i mark out the top three or four inches the rest is like a handle when iv jut about finished carving i cut of the bottom spare inches. i hope this helps others who struggle with small objects,thanks for the videos
2 года назад
hey since you need a handle.. I have been thinking about getting some 2x2 framing strips and making the characters as a walking stick top. this might be something that you also want to do.
Hi Doug. I am a 74 year old lady and I have been watching your vids for about a month now along with My Self Reliance and Joe Robinet. I am hooked on your camping/canoeing trips and also your carvings vids. I know that you say that you are not a teacher but I have to say that you are. I have gotten more out of your videos on carving than I have gotten out of Gene's teaching videos and I suppose it has alot to do with personalities and different teaching styles. I appreciate your quiet way and am inspired to try to carve a little guy or gal of my own soon. Thanks for sharing so much of your life and loves.
IMHO the best beginner character whittle on RU-vid! A great project for us beginners to gain confidence and to use as a jumping-off point for our own creations. Copy Doug's and then make your own characters- tall ones, short ones, play with hats, beards, mittens, hands, props, etc... Even if you screw up keep on going- you never know what neat little creation will be the result of a happy accident!
Hi, Doug. It's so calm sitting here on a rainy day just watching you carve a new little guy. As an art teacher and lifelong artist, I"m saying that what you do IS art. Some have commented about that and I agree with them. Each of your little men has his own personality and style. I've worked a lot with clay, but never worked with carving, so it's very satisfying to watch your original creations emerge from the wood. Oh, you or your viewers might try Hobby Lobby for what I call "Dollhouse Lumber". They have all sorts of sizes and thicknesses and I think they have the size you use in both basswood and balsa. I'll sit back now and listen to the rain and your talking to us about your carving. Such a nice way to spend the hours. Take care. :0) Donna B.
Doug, it was very respectful of you to acknowledge Gene and Sharon. I too have watch their videos and learned a lot. Despite what you think you are a very good teacher and you have now hooked me on wood carving. I live on a narrowboat on the canals of England and it is a great way to while away the hours. I did this Hillbilly carving and it came out fantastic. Excellent videos, mate!
Love how the little man came to life. You made this seem so easy, but I know it isn;t, and I am not bored to tears. Heis so lively a character. I got to give this a try real soon! Thanks so much! From Texas
Doug - I've watched a BUNCH of Gene's and Sharon's videos. Don't sell yourself short-you rank right up there with them. I've got that book you mentioned and I've tried a couple characters from it, but couldn't put it all together. This video made the pieces of the puzzle fall in place. Can't wait to get started on anther one...thanks for the time & effort to put this together!
Doug, I will mwatch this again and as you say, pause it along the way. I am very anxious to try this. I am a beginner but have joined a carving club. Thank You
I found this more detailed and generally helpful to me as a beginner than any video I've seen. Thank you so much and keep the lessons coming. We noobs need it!
I know this is almost three years after but wanted to say I have enjoyed the introduction to these carvings because of you. I have now done two including my first hillbilly. I have chatter in places and sometimes I take off too much in areas that limit what your carvings look like but ... I get a smile when I understand that this one is one that I did. Thank you sir ...
I absolutely love those hillbilly characters! I'm following along but noticed how much better yours looks with the scalloping, vs me trying to make the character smooth. My wood was a bit taller too but I scaled it up to help it not look lanky. I still prefer yours being shorter though. I now see that I could've gotten 6 pieces (your size) vs the 4 I would've gotten from the block of basswood. I got 5 pieces because I caught on after cutting half of the block in half, getting 2-5" pieces, then cutting the last half into 3rds. Those will be perfect and I'm anxious to make more. So far, so good and it's sincerely all because of you. Thank you!
Absolutely brilliant and so we'll explained, love the videos Doug you are a true sculptur with mega talent. all the very best from Scotland and keep the vids coming.
I love your tutorials, carving & coffee, canoe/camping videos. I have watch every one of your videos at least once. You have inspired me to be creative. since last year I have carved over 100 carvings. I have watched many of Gene Messer's video too. thank you keep it up. You are a very good teacher.
Hi from Ohio been picking up lots of helpful learning. Today I just glue 4 carving knives and a gouge I'm should have finish today so I will start carving tomorrow thanks love your videos Sir
Awesome Doug. I have watched Gene as well on some of his carvings. He is good too however I enjoyed your video just as much as his. You are too hard on yourself. You are great to learn from. I appreciate you putting this video up.
Hi Doug, after watching this video I decided starting carving and today I finished my first project, my own Hillbilly. Thanks for all the great stuff you share with us.
ok Doug...i'm following along...stopping and rewinding MANY MANY times...but your instruction and guidance is WONDERFUL!
2 года назад
to any other beginners like me.. trust me he makes it look way to easy. I have to make 3 or 4 cuts to his one... and when I was making this one I blasted the front of the shoes right off. but I stuck with it and fixed the problem.. soo dont give up! you got this
Awesome video, don't sell yourself short buddy, your videos are every bit as good as Gene Messers and Shaon's. For me, they go much faster. I just finished my version of your hillbilly and gave it to my granddaughter She saw the video with me at breakfast and asked me to make her one. Thanks for getting me started on carving !!!
Doug, I highly reccomend a .22 air rifle and sitting, quietly tackling invasive pest species of vermin out in the woods for those days where you just want to get some good down time. I find the carving fills the gaps where there is natural wildlife to appreciate, and otherwise fill the gap between gathering fire/carving wood and getting a nice heap of coals ready for the spit roast. Unless your vegetarian of course, in which sorry for the mental horror show!!
I love watching your videos. I showed a few to my Cub Scouts when we were working on pocketknife safety to show them what could be done with knives and whittling. Now I want to try and make this little guy. Keep making vids! Thanks!
Doug, I am not a carver but after watching most of your carving videos I must disagree with you on not being a teacher. I have very much enjoyed watching to the point where I just ordered some supplies to get me started. I am really looking forward to start. I will be watching. Thank you, Frank
I too first looked to Gene messler when I got in to carving, and a bastardised version of his 5 minute bear done on some gnarly pine that came from an old wine rack was my first ever carve a few years back... "And just remove that wood"! I really enjoy your vids, and stumbled upon your sycamore sam video a year or two back,, and I have a sycamore tree out front still yet I haven't plucked up the guts to bastardise Sam yet. I have an abundance of bass blocks that my wife bought me for christmas, so after I give this one a try tonight, and if I am successful I shall finally give one a crack in sycamore later this week. Thanks for the inspiration and motivation you have passed along.
haha, right you are about the difference. I have carved a pretty fine owl and fox in sycamore, both turned out pretty sweet considering all I had at the time was a mora HD and a swiss army knife. They are two of my earliest carvings, (no. 2 and 3 after my pine bear). I started a carving in olive about 6months back which I was kindly gifted from a log pile in greece and smuggled back in my suitcase, it is slowly coming along as a dog for my friend Makis who lives in Zakynthos - Now that certainly is tough going but such a beatiful shiny smooth fininsh and seemless grain. Apple too was quite a joy to carve, until it split down the centre mid carve overnight on me, but I think the fairly young tree was too young and dried out too quickly. My hillbilly is complete, nose only, beany hat akin to Sam's and carved from approx 1 inch (just off square, by approx 4 inch, so a fairly lanky and kinda minature.....Again thank you, good sir for the fresh pointers and all your good work! keep up the inspiration!
Thanks, and I just saw you talking about Gene Messer and I went and watched 4 of his videos. and they were great.. I will watch more of his also. I am glad to see that Gene Thanks.. ..and so back here again now to watch more but I must go outside and mow my backyard while it is still cool here today... Yes, I and my wife still do all the mowing and cleanup for our big yard. more later.... mowing finished for now and back..
They got the little men from Jack Price. He is 97 years old and still carving. He lives in Clerburne, Tx. Before the Covit 19 , we met at a place in Cleburne to carve. Jack would always bring some little something for all of us to carve. He is one wonderful man.
You are a great teacher, thank you very much, I have cancer, but this is my childhood dream, I hope I learn this beautiful art as long as I am alive.😂✋
Great video. I watched it with my 12 year old son and he loved it. He wants me to get him started with wood carving now. I already ordered him a knife and am looking forward to starting a new hobby with him. Many thanks. Oh, and please do a painting video!!
I think you've got me hooked. Great video, love the little cane man and the one with the pipe. Reminds me of a few hobos I New when I was a kid. Some of the best people I've ever known come to think of it.
i know this was a couple years ago but i like watching you cause one you make it your own and it's cool to see someone which it up as you refer it..... but also i think your not intimidating as far as a teacher .... anyway all best to you .... you Rock Doug !!!!
That was a great video , your selling your self short on teaching how . I love your canoe trip vids and camping , never thought i would enjoy watching carving so much . I have a carving kit that has been just sitting on the shelf for years . Being a very avid Algonquin park camper and thought maybe on a portage trip i would start carving . So glad you made this video awsome job and i want to thank you . Maybe i will dust off the carving kit and watch your video again pausing as i go . Thank you !
Doug.Very good. I've watched both Gene and Sharonmyart a lot , like you video, it's nice to see a new interpretation of some one who taught them self from watching RU-vid, like my self ...
Thank you for making this video. I stumbled across this video a couple weeks ago. After watching I went to the Lee Valley website and purchased a Paul bebee #3 carving knife. I've enjoyed carving this weekend. gonna go to Michael's and grab some paint. my 5 year old thinks these are great.
Man. Like…every cut you made, made sense to me. But I absolutely had no idea about what you were actually seeing in that block of wood until it emerged. That's crazy cool man.
Ever try carving faces into walking sticks? I started with walking sticks but these look like such fun to craft. I'll have to give it a try. You got some talent there!
I looked up Gene Messer and I think you are a better teacher, I watched about half of his carving a little fisherman in a boat video, and he leaves out a lot of things that you put into your videos that make so much of your videos more understandable. Keep up the good work. I've taken a break from carving and am getting back to it after a bunch of things not to mention the Slater Fire here in SW Oregon. Hopefully no more interruptions any time soon. Gabby
Great job and you made it look so easy. I watched Sharon's videos first and was able to understand what cuts you were making. Don't sell yourself short - your video was as much if not more helpful than the rest.
Excellent explanation and demo. Thank you for taking the time to put that together. Nicely Done!! Makes me want to try and create a trail buddy for myself. :)
i was completly fascinated watching you carve that little guy...i always watch your canoing and camping vids esp when you and joe get together....your very talented sir,and have realy inspired me to try to do some carving...and notice i said try lol....realy intresting vid as per usual
