Carving & Painting a Northern Cardinal [Paperback]

Curtis J. Badger (Author), Bob Guge (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1998 | Series: Carving & Painting

& 220 color photos & 7 x 9. Step-by-step instructions illustrated with color photos.& Full-scale pattern World champion Bob Guge applies his artistry to a perennial favorite, the northern cardinal, in the latest in Stackpole's Carving & Painting series. Guge is one of an elite few who revolutionized the craft in the late 1970s, and he remains a strong influence today. He is best known for his miniatures and songbirds: A carving of northern cardinals won him his fourth world championship in 1991. Here is a detailed guide to every step in the process, from sketching the pattern onto a block of tupelo gum to painting and finishing the completed bird. Every skill and step is documented with multiple photos and explicit captions. These books work! Even beginning carvers rave about their clarity and thoroughness. Also includes background information and photos of the live bird. Curtis Badger is author of Stackpole's Bird Carving Basics and Fish Carving Basics series, as well as the three previous books in the Carving & Painting series.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Stackpole Books; 1st edition (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081172753X
• ISBN-13: 978-0811727532
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,793,564 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful for carving any songbird., May 6, 2007

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Lynette A. Alexander (Hayward, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Carving & Painting a Northern Cardinal (Paperback)

I have never met Bob Guge but I have taken a woodcarving class taught by one of his students, Steve Schumacher in Nebraska. Steve taught us to carve meadowlarks using Guge's techniques. I entered mine in our county fair the following summer and won a first place blue ribbon. Then, just today at a woodcarving show in Sacramento I saw a meadowlark priced at $600 and it wasn't nearly as good as mine! (Okay, so maybe I'm just a wee bit prejudiced.) On the advice of my Nebraska teacher, I bought this book on how Bob Guge carves and paints a cardinal. Both my husband and I refer to it frequently because it covers basics that can we can also apply to birds other than cardinals. Guge's book covers painting in great detail, it shows how to prime your bird and then to use multiple layers of acrylic washes to build up your color. My husband got so interested in cardinals after reading this book that he has now carved two cardinals and has learned to make bird legs and feet rather than buying the pewter ones. This book is well worth your money!