Extreme Pumpkin Carving

Want to make the best pumpkin in your neighborhood? Here's how! Whether you prefer to use professional woodworking tools or a regular kitchen knife, you'll learn to create a jaw-dropping pumpkin with Extreme Pumpkin Carving. The incredible designs included will be sure to impress and amaze.*20 awesome patterns for three-dimensional faces & scenes *Step-by-step directions for professional pumpkin carving using kitchen knives or carving tools *Expert advice - Learn how to create realistic facial elements like cheeks, lips, and eyebrows and bring your pumpkins to life! *An amazing gallery of expertly designed pumpkin art, with pictures of each finished carving *Uses Whole Pumpkins - no scooping necessary! Take your pumpkin carving skills to the next level with this collection of designs. Explore design options not traditionally found on a Jack-O-Lantern. Learn expert carving techniques to make your Halloween designs stand out from everyone else's. This compilation of designs uses carving techniques usually reserved for woodworking and stonework, enabling you to make the kind of eye-catching designs that your guests and visitors will not soon forget. The designs assembled in this collection showcase the unconventional style of carving into the flesh instead of through the pumpkin. This allows the artist an opportunity to focus on three-dimensional design, leaving room to add definition to lips, noses, cheeks, and other facial features. Pumpkin carving has become a beloved Halloween tradition, and you will learn about how this art form became a part of it. Plus you can learn how to select the right pumpkin for your design, then follow the step-by-step instructions to make a memorable Jack-O-Lantern. With a detailed photo gallery of the included designs and the necessary instruction to make it come to life, your neighborhood will never forget the designs that you make. From spooky to amazing, make your holiday décor stand out and create lasting memories this Halloween with Extreme Pumpkin Carving. Amaze Family and Friends-Take Your Pumpkin Carving to the Extreme! Halloween has become one of the most popular holidays in the U.S., and carving the family pumpkin is a life-long tradition for many. In Extreme Pumpkin Carving by Vic Hood and Jack A. Williams, you'll learn how to create the most amazing, never-before-seen designs to astound your Halloween guests. Extreme pumpkin carving applies relief carving techniques commonly found in woodworking and stonework to pumpkins. Starting with solid pumpkins (no hollowing is necessary!) extreme pumpkin carvers use simple household knives or woodcarving tools to create fantastic faces and scenes in the flesh of the pumpkins. With relief carving, you'll be able to add form to your pumpkin carving by creating actual cheeks, lips, eyebrows and more-instead of just cutting out solid shapes. This gives you an almost endless opportunity for creativity and unique expression, resulting in a one-of-a-kind Halloween pumpkin that will be the talk of the neighborhood! *20 awesome patterns for three-dimensional faces & scenes *Step-by-step directions for professional pumpkin carving using kitchen knives or carving tools *Expert advice - Learn how to create realistic facial elements like cheeks, lips, and eyebrows and bring your pumpkins to life! *An amazing gallery of expertly designed pumpkin art, with pictures of each finished carving *Uses Whole Pumpkins - no scooping necessary!