Fitting head IN hat

[SLJ]

Hi, I was hoping somebody could help me out here. A lot of times my figures look like the hat is sitting on the head,,, rather than the head being in the hat.
The Jack Price type guys I carve usually look ok,,, but when I try to do a cowboy hat or a bowler, it just looks wrong.
Any advice? thanks in advance
Steve

[BobT]

Youo should watch some of Lynn's videos here, OutWestWoodCarving

He has a very effective method that is easy to do.
Bob

[Dan S]

I think WCI also ran an article a while back... Might want to have a look at the back issues.

Dan

[Wb7whi]

Carve the hat seperately then fit it to the head.

[SLJ]

thanks yall. I really want to learn to make it work good out of one piece of wood. Cant find any thing in back issues. but Ill figure to keep trying & experimenting

[cgm]

Thats right keep trying u will get it.
This may help, rough carve head and hat.
then fin head then fin hat
The crown shud be the same size as the head and centered on the head
I no u can do it
Carl

[Bob K.]

Carl is right...the crown of the hat should be the same size as the widest part of the head. The hat generally sits on the head at or just slightly above the ears. If you get it much higher than that it will look like the hat is sitting on top of the head.

[Tom-H]

I always start with roughing in the hat. Then do the head to fit into the hat.

Tom H

[SLJ]

thanks! that makes perfect sense. Now I cant wait to try it out tonight
Steve

[Dull Knife]

Originally Posted by SLJ

Hi, I was hoping somebody could help me out here. A lot of times my figures look like the hat is sitting on the head,,, rather than the head being in the hat.
The Jack Price type guys I carve usually look ok,,, but when I try to do a cowboy hat or a bowler, it just looks wrong.
Any advice? thanks in advance
Steve

Why not carve the hat and head as one piece, that's the way I learned from a book by Harold Enlow, it'll show you how.