Start your next figure carving with these patterns from renowned carver Ross Oar. In this all-new third book Ross (the author of Christmas Heirloom Patterns for Woodcarving Volumes 1 and 2) gives you 17 detailed patterns to get started.

Inside you'll find precisely drawn patterns for:
- Indian Chief
- Royal Highlander
- Farmer McDonald
- Mountain Man
- Happy Heintz
- Visiting Santa
- and 11 other figures

Each pattern features suggestions on how to modify the pattern to match your skill level. Color photographs and close-ups give you an overview of the project. As an added bonus, Ross also includes a step-by-step section - complete with more than 30 color photographs - detailing how to carve a face. Getting started on carving figures has never been easier!

Ross Oar has had many years of experience in woodcarving. In 1984, he and his wife, Barbara, began West Falls Woodcarving, a part-time mail-order woodcarving supplies business run out of their home in Orchard Park, New York. Ross also carves commission pieces that range in size from three inches to five and a half feet high and depict all aspects of life, teaches woodcarving classes on a limited basis and participates in woodcarving shows.