Hey folks, there has been a few commnets from a fake spam account. Please do not text any numbers or click any links. Giveaway winner will be announced in about a week. 5-15.
A huge shout out to Van for the generous gift I received in the mail yesterday. I teach a carving class of 20 seniors, and he provided us each with a rough out and picture to go with it, along with a personalized study stick for faces and eyes. Both will be invaluable to our class! It’s carvers like Van who are keeping the hobby alive when many clubs are dying out. We all need to be generous with our tools and resources to new carvers to keep them excited! From all of us, thank you Van! ❤👏👏👏👏👏
Van you are a wonderful teacher ..Thank you so much for helping the carving community learn .. Your teaching is slow enough and self explaining to follow and learn ..Thank you so much
The facial expression of the tongue hanging out is real help to seeing how expressions can be done. Van is an excellent teacher. I learn a great deal each time I watch. Thanks Van
Fantastic Video Van! Thanks so much for all you do for the woodcarving community by sharing your skills for free. It's instructors like you that help grow the woodcarving community. Keep up the good work my friend!
Thank you for taking the time to share all the helpful tips and tricks! I am a newer carver, but watching your videos in the last couple of weeks has really changed my technique and massively improved my carvings! I always struggled with eyes, for example, and there are so many techniques out there,, but yours works the absolute best for me! I've been practicing my ears, thanks to your ears video and I've been toying with heads and bottle stoppers, if you have a chance to shoot a video where you carve the entire head, it would be fantastic! Thank You, again!
Love these videos, I have never practiced carving faces only until I started watching your videos. I didn’t even know what a practice stick was. 😆 I have been using your wrinkle technique a lot, it makes clothes look so much better. Before they they had the appearance of armor. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
The faces are awsome you did a great job on all them I appreciate all that you do I’m learning to carve as well but showed me a lot of how to make different face’s thanks so much keep making your videos
Another great video Van! Not only do I appreciate your teaching style and content, but I think your audio and video quality are top notch. Kudos to the camera and production folks.
Hi Van - excellent tutorial video as always - the PiP camera work of late is excellent. Keep up the good work always a pleasure when a new video pops up.
Thanks for another informative video, I had been carving for about 2 years before finding your videos and because of you I can now do eyes... most of the time, still have issues with very small heads but I now understand the process, so thanks again.
Thank you Van. What I like best about your videos is that you spend the time to really show what you are doing. So many videos today have “small skips” in them and upon further study, some important cuts are skipped. I like that you don’t skip important cuts, so much more informative!! Keep up the great work and teaching.
I’ve noticed that too. And you never see others have to go back and clean up fuzzies. I used to think I was doing it all wrong because I was the only one who had those fuzzies and had to go back and dig a bit😂 I’m so glad I found this channel!
Thank you for taking the time to create and post this series. I always look forward to seeing it and working through the different expressions; they really have helped me learn so much more about face carving!
I keep watching and watching and watching again, trying to learn all that Van is trying to teach. He is a great teacher, takes his time and tries to explain each step so even a beginner can catch on. So if you don't get it the first time, watch it again. Mike, Tamarac, Florida
Thanks Van, I have learned so much about carving faces from your videos (something I have struggled with), and now actually feel like my faces are starting to look real. Thanks for taking the time to teach and help improve my carvings. -Steve, Fountain, Colorado
Thank you , your a great teacher Van, I’m new to carving since I retired this year and glad I found you. As I carve I hear your voice and commentary as I make the cuts. Like that you label the size of some of your gouges. Hope you continue making these, excellent camera work too,
Your videos are so incredible. I have learned so much from you sir. Only thing is I have to stop and start many many times to learn. Having one of your study sticks would be very helpful and I knew it would help me to learn to carve much easier. You are such an awesome teacher with your calm instructions. Thank you sir, Sincerely, Tammy McDonald
I stumbled upon your channel and am so happy I did. I am reasonably new to caving and mostly stick with whittling small animals…your tutorials are giving me confidence to branch out and try faces! Thank you!
CONGRATS! You have won the study stick! Please let me know if you would like to receive the study stick AND shoot me a email so we can get where you would like me to ship it for you! Email: vankellycarving@gmail.com
Hey Lori! I have been looking but have not seen an email.. Can you double check the email you sent it to. Or give me your email so I can contact you? Really looking forward to getting this study stick to you!
Love your videos Van. Like everyone else here I have learned so much from you. I have only been carving for the last 4 months and the way you teach makes more sense to me than anything else I've seen on UA-cam. Please keep making these awesome videos!
Thank you so much i have really enjoyed and have improved on my faces i like that itis in realy time i watch them over and over again i have only been carving for 3 years i have learned from watching your channel and others my faces were all flat i just found your channel about a month ago thanks so much i realy enjoy the videos lee Failla Dunlap Tennessee
You're helping me so much in learning to carve faces! I never thought I'd be able to do it. I have found myself recently as the instructor for a class of about 20 senior carvers. This is a valuable asset to me! I would love to be able to have an actual study stick in our classroom! Thank you so much! 😀
That is awesome that you have the opportunity to teach so many students! Shoot me an email and I would like to get something extra, aside from this giveaway to you. vankellycarving@gmail.com
Thank you so much for your knowledge. I have learned a lot from your teachings and I am getting better each time:0). You make it fun to learn and it is so much easier following your video. I would love to win one of these days one of your giveaway,!!!
I really love your dad jokes!❤ As good as you are at teaching, I’m still struggling with faces. Being left handed but learning how to carve right-handed from right-handed masters, I don’t seem to have quite enough control of my knife, and I keep chopping off one side of the nose 😅 It’s always the same side too🤷🏼♀️ so your mouth breathing tired guy with belated nostrils still has it better than my pitiful attempts, who keep losing half their noses.😝 Thanks so much for all you do for us. I’m not giving up yet❤
Hey folks, there has been a few commnets from a fake spam account. Please do not text any numbers or click any links. Giveaway winner will be announced in about a week. 5-15.
They tried to spam me saying I won and wanted $48 for shipping when I said no they then said $20. The spam is coming from a New Jersey phone number.
They tried to get me for 50 dollars
Yeah, looks like I was sent a Spam number...text from NJ.
A huge shout out to Van for the generous gift I received in the mail yesterday. I teach a carving class of 20 seniors, and he provided us each with a rough out and picture to go with it, along with a personalized study stick for faces and eyes. Both will be invaluable to our class! It’s carvers like Van who are keeping the hobby alive when many clubs are dying out. We all need to be generous with our tools and resources to new carvers to keep them excited! From all of us, thank you Van! ❤👏👏👏👏👏
Van you are a wonderful teacher ..Thank you so much for helping the carving community learn .. Your teaching is slow enough and self explaining to follow and learn ..Thank you so much
They tried to spam me saying I won and wanted $48 for shipping when I said no they then said $20. The spam is coming from a New Jersey phone number.
The facial expression of the tongue hanging out is real help to seeing how expressions can be done. Van is an excellent teacher. I learn a great deal each time I watch. Thanks Van
Fantastic Video Van! Thanks so much for all you do for the woodcarving community by sharing your skills for free. It's instructors like you that help grow the woodcarving community. Keep up the good work my friend!
❤I love your tutorial...it gets the imagination and motivation to do these projects ❤
Love your videos! They give a clear look and great explanation on how to carve faces and expressions. Thank you so much for that!
Love your videos! Great camera work enables us to see exactly how you make your cuts. Thanks!
Thank you for taking the time to share all the helpful tips and tricks! I am a newer carver, but watching your videos in the last couple of weeks has really changed my technique and massively improved my carvings! I always struggled with eyes, for example, and there are so many techniques out there,, but yours works the absolute best for me! I've been practicing my ears, thanks to your ears video and I've been toying with heads and bottle stoppers, if you have a chance to shoot a video where you carve the entire head, it would be fantastic! Thank You, again!
Lots of great tips and techniques learned on the study stick. Thanks for sharing
Love these videos, I have never practiced carving faces only until I started watching your videos. I didn’t even know what a practice stick was. 😆 I have been using your wrinkle technique a lot, it makes clothes look so much better. Before they they had the appearance of armor. Thank you for sharing your knowledge
thank you sir for your relaxing demeanor. I found myself trying too hard to be good at carving instead of just relaxing and enjoying my hobby.
The faces are awsome you did a great job on all them I appreciate all that you do I’m learning to carve as well but showed me a lot of how to make different face’s thanks so much keep making your videos
Another inspiration video. It amazes me how easy you make it look. Thank you from Cornwall in the UK.
Another great video Van! Not only do I appreciate your teaching style and content, but I think your audio and video quality are top notch. Kudos to the camera and production folks.
Thank you!
Love the video Van, thank you for sharing and creating the tutorial. There is always something to learn. Thank you.
Thanks for your wonderful tutorials. Enjoying your work.
Thanks for all of the educational carving videos, I have learned a lot from watching them. Also thanks for the opportunity to win the study stick!
Thanks for the video, Van, and your approaches and examples are easy to follow.
another great insructional video . I have learned so much from you Van . thank you !
Hi Van - excellent tutorial video as always - the PiP camera work of late is excellent. Keep up the good work always a pleasure when a new video pops up.
Look forward to seeing you this fall. Excellent tutorial
Thanks for another informative video, I had been carving for about 2 years before finding your videos and because of you I can now do eyes... most of the time, still have issues with very small heads but I now understand the process, so thanks again.
Great video, I always enjoy seeing your new carvings and learning new things! Hope you're well.
As always, great instructor and carving!
Thank you Van. What I like best about your videos is that you spend the time to really show what you are doing. So many videos today have “small skips” in them and upon further study, some important cuts are skipped. I like that you don’t skip important cuts, so much more informative!! Keep up the great work and teaching.
I’ve noticed that too. And you never see others have to go back and clean up fuzzies.
I used to think I was doing it all wrong because I was the only one who had those fuzzies and had to go back and dig a bit😂
I’m so glad I found this channel!
@@docinparadise, me as well. Van does a very nice job!
Thank you for the kind words! I really enjoy getting to put these videos out!
Thank you so much for presenting these videos. I have learned a lot.
Thank you for taking the time to create and post this series. I always look forward to seeing it and working through the different expressions; they really have helped me learn so much more about face carving!
I keep watching and watching and watching again, trying to learn all that Van is trying to teach. He is a great teacher, takes his time and tries to explain each step so even a beginner can catch on. So if you don't get it the first time, watch it again. Mike, Tamarac, Florida
Thank you Van for the great content. I really appreciate your methodical approach, and am learning a lot from your videos.
Thanks Van. You explain how to carve eyes so well.
Thanks Van, I have learned so much about carving faces from your videos (something I have struggled with), and now actually feel like my faces are starting to look real. Thanks for taking the time to teach and help improve my carvings. -Steve, Fountain, Colorado
Thank you , your a great teacher Van, I’m new to carving since I retired this year and glad I found you. As I carve I hear your voice and commentary as I make the cuts. Like that you label the size of some of your gouges. Hope you continue making these, excellent camera work too,
You have helped me make eyes in stead slits. Thanks for your time
love this series I've been carving about a year and struggling with faces watching your videos has helped a lot would love this study stick
Thanks very much for teaching, I really enjoy your videos.
So awesome I love practicing these faces
Thank you Van! You definitely make learning carving easier!
Your videos are so incredible. I have learned so much from you sir. Only thing is I have to stop and start many many times to learn. Having one of your study sticks would be very helpful and I knew it would help me to learn to carve much easier. You are such an awesome teacher with your calm instructions. Thank you sir,
Sincerely, Tammy McDonald
Very helpful videos especially for beginners like me only 4 months into carving.
Another great video, Van. Study sticks and practice sticks are a great way to improve ones carving faces and expressions.
Thanks so much for your vid’s. Learning so much from your method
Great video having real problems with faces thank you
I'm so happy to find your channel, your instructions are so clear and easy to follow. Thank you for your guidance.
nice video Van, it's good to see extra detail work explained and demonstrated , details can always make or break a carving.
Nice job Van, I appreciate your commentary as you work through your carvings, makes things so much better as I follow 👍
Outstanding video Van. Thank you for doin what you do.
Another outstanding video !! Always learning some new tips & tricks..
I stumbled upon your channel and am so happy I did. I am reasonably new to caving and mostly stick with whittling small animals…your tutorials are giving me confidence to branch out and try faces! Thank you!
CONGRATS! You have won the study stick! Please let me know if you would like to receive the study stick AND shoot me a email so we can get where you would like me to ship it for you! Email: vankellycarving@gmail.com
@@vankellywoodcarvings OMGosh! How exciting and thank you sir! I've just sent an email. I appreciate all of your knowledge, tutorials (and humor!)
Hey Lori! I have been looking but have not seen an email.. Can you double check the email you sent it to. Or give me your email so I can contact you? Really looking forward to getting this study stick to you!
Love your videos, especially face carving because it's something I struggle with. Thanks
@Yak20- I got a message to text to the number for a free gift. There is no number
That is a fake account. Please do not try to click any links.
Thanks for the video. Would love to see one of these sticks with my own eyes.
Thanks, Van! Always enjoy your videos.
Another great motivational video. Thanks again for those closeups!
Your carved expressions are so good.
Thank you!
Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos!
Love your videos Van. Like everyone else here I have learned so much from you. I have only been carving for the last 4 months and the way you teach makes more sense to me than anything else I've seen on UA-cam. Please keep making these awesome videos!
Again a truly learning lesson, thank you, Van
Thank you so much i have really enjoyed and have improved on my faces i like that itis in realy time i watch them over and over again i have only been carving for 3 years i have learned from watching your channel and others my faces were all flat i just found your channel about a month ago thanks so much i realy enjoy the videos lee Failla Dunlap Tennessee
new to your channel just started working with knives liking your videos i got lots to learn thanks for the videos
thanks I enjoy your videos. I think they are great!
Wow… great job !
You make it look so easy !😝👅 thank you for the opportunity to win such an amazing piece !
Nice video! Thanks again for doing these videos!
Great videos, love the tips. Thanks Van.
Always a pleasure to watch your vids, Van. Appreciate the effort you put in for us.
AWESOME!!!
Great tips and tricks........especially for a new carver like me.......keep it up please
I will keep them coming!
You're helping me so much in learning to carve faces! I never thought I'd be able to do it. I have found myself recently as the instructor for a class of about 20 senior carvers. This is a valuable asset to me! I would love to be able to have an actual study stick in our classroom! Thank you so much! 😀
That is awesome that you have the opportunity to teach so many students! Shoot me an email and I would like to get something extra, aside from this giveaway to you. vankellycarving@gmail.com
I got a notification today, now if I can just wait 2 days! 😅. So excited! Thank you Van for your selfless giving to the carving community! 👏
Thank you Van, what a neat expression.
I would absolutely love to win this for a go by. Wow what a lucky person someone will be
Van I like to watch you carve I started around 6 years ago I’m 74 years old Keep up your carving
Really enjoy watching your videos, found you early on. The only problem is sometimes you can make it look so easy 😁, please keep them coming
Thanks for your hard work, Van!
Thanks for another great learning experience.
Awesome carving, I have learned a ton from watching you!
Thank you so much for your knowledge. I have learned a lot from your teachings and I am getting better each time:0). You make it fun to learn and it is so much easier following your video. I would love to win one of these days one of your giveaway,!!!
Really enjoy seeing your informative video's.
Great video as usual and great filming
Love the faces. Need to get better at mine.
I really love your dad jokes!❤
As good as you are at teaching, I’m still struggling with faces. Being left handed but learning how to carve right-handed from right-handed masters, I don’t seem to have quite enough control of my knife, and I keep chopping off one side of the nose 😅
It’s always the same side too🤷🏼♀️ so your mouth breathing tired guy with belated nostrils still has it better than my pitiful attempts, who keep losing half their noses.😝
Thanks so much for all you do for us. I’m not giving up yet❤
Thanks again. Learning more every video.
Great video as always Van!
great work folks
Nice work, love your videos keep it up 😉
Thanks , Mark
Thank you for your awesome videos
enjoy your videos very much
looks good
Very nice job
Great work
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Thanks as always
This isn't a valid number?
Seems like someone is trying to hack everyone by telling them to text despite the instructions saying it'll be a week or so. Be careful people
Yes. Looking at getting the account removed so it doesn't keep happening. Please don't click any links from them.
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