As the headline says, here are my latest blockhead whittle
doodles Santa style. I am trying my best to balance the idea of carving in
detail but not too much. The concept is you carve some details of a face but
not the complete face leaving some of the block of wood showing. With each
carving I varied the amount of detail in each of them which becomes a balancing
act with certain features such as beards and Christmas caps, after all I have
to carve enough to let your mind see Santa. 
So my latest carvings, two Santa blockheads, after all it
must be the season since they already have decorations up at the stores just as
Charlie Brown and Linus predicted. Both carvings are unfinished but will end up with a bit of
color but not completely. I will experiment with this as well on how much color
is enough and how much is too much, hopefully I won’t get there. One of the Santa
carvings you may notice I cut all the way through in areas, on one I did this
with the eyes trying to work the shadows and light into the carving. This
becomes tricky when hollowing out the back to make sure you remove enough to
open up an area but not opening up so much that it takes away from the carving.
On both carvings I have hollowed out the back as they will both be set up to be
hang able for those who might have a tree in the house that needs decorating. 
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