Carving & Painting Christmas Ornaments

Carve Your Own Treasured Holiday Ornaments. Get inspired to create a wonderful collection of handmade holiday decorations for a child or grandchild to treasure. Popular woodcarving teacher and author Betty Padden shows how to carve memorable ornaments to keep or give to family and friends. Imagine a tree decorated with your own beautifully carved angels, elves, polar bears, poinsettias, and more. You're sure to have a merry carving experience with these fun projects, color photographs, and original patterns. Step-by-step projects are divided into three categories-beginning, intermediate, and advanced. A special section on painting covers basic concepts of blending, highlighting and shading, so that even a novice can get great results. The best ornaments on the holiday tree are always those that are handmade. Giving these hand-carved Christmas ornaments will be almost as much fun as making them. Get inspired to create your own beautifully carved ornaments, with: - 6 complete step-by-step projects, arranged by skill level- 23 original patterns for delightful Christmas ornaments- Angels, elves, polar bears, snowmen, poinsettias, and more- Painting tips for highlighting, shading, brushes, and mixing colors- Festive ideas to hang on a branch or display on a shelf.