[Jim-Iowa]

Never tried a caricature. If you were to pick 3 books to start with what would you reccomend?

[Mitchell]

Anything by Harold Enlow.

Otherwise, caricature is still a broad field - I would recommend looking at some of the books that are available and choose something that fits the style that you want to carve.

I like Pete LeClair's books for variety. Marv Kaisersatt's is good for faces. The CCA has a few books that offer different projects from most of the members. Almost all the other CCA members have good books for instruction: Preston, Stetson, Batte, and Price would be recommendable (again depending on your interests). Tom Wolfe has a ton of books on many subjects that are relatively easy to follow. If you want caricature animals you can't go wrong with Desiree Hajny's book or Gary Gatte's.

[bullshipper]

Anything by Pete Leclair, Marv Kaisersatt or Dave Stetson.


Lonnie

[wood-whittler]

i vote for anything by pete leclair, he is easy to follow.


bart

[Don by the lake]

All three of Pete LeClairs books!

[Jim-Iowa]

Ok I will get a couple Pete Le Clair & Dave Stetsons books ordered to start with.
Thanks!

[therandallknight]

the old sea captian , and i have 2 books from pete la clair , he's good but the sea captian book was a really good start

I need to sell some books can I post them on here and sell them ?

Randall

[Greyhair]

There is a book on carving old world santa's that I always recommend to people starting to carve. The unique thing about this book is that it provides a pattern for all four sides of a carving as well as the top and bottom. It then gives instructions on how to proceed using those patterns. For example on the head it starts with the hat and there is a circle of the top pattern and a line on the side pattern and you have to carve away the section outside of the the circle on the top down to the line on the outside section and the line is different at the front than at the back. It forces the carver to think in three D. Great Learning Tool.