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If you are wondering how hard is it to learn wood carving for someone new to this hobby the answer will be very pleasing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone can learn how to carve wood, although it takes a lot of patience and time, this is something that comes with experience and not talent, therefore wood carving is difficult to master but anyone can do it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a lot of different aspects of wood carving that are more than just getting artistic and cutting it out on wood. From various techniques and styles to learning how to work with more tools and the final steps of processing the wood after its carved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mastering the different styles <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wood carving just like any other art is not only limited to one style. Relief carving, chip carving, whittling, and even wood burning are all things that most woodcarvers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although you may choose to only specialize in one type of wood carving, most likely at first you will want to try everything out and see what you like the most. After that, you should decide between progressing in multiple styles of wood carving or sticking with just one<\/strong> that you enjoy the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wood carving has many techniques that are very different, relief carving involves working with a chisel and sometimes a mallet<\/a>, this is not easy as the 3D effect is significantly harder to make than other styles of carving such as chip carving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other side, a style such as chip carving is quite fast to get the hang of and does not require too many hours to get a good job done with this style of wood carving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can read more about the different styles of wood carving in our article All 9 Types of Wood Carving Styles<\/em><\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using all the Different Tools <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Everyone always starts with a knife when they carve wood for the first time, but this is only one of the many tools that you will have to learn how to use in wood carving. That’s why you also need to improvise and master your skills on all Wood carving tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chip carving knives<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Chip carving knives are, as the name suggests, are specifically designed to be used when chip carving. They are not too different from normal whittling knives except for the angle that the blade is located from the handle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chip carving knives are specifically designed to provide a clean 45\u00b0 cut from both sides of the wood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gouge<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gouges will always be used for carving. At first you may not quite understand the difference between the two, but the main reason they are not the same thing is that gouges have a curved end and chisels are always straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most commonly used type of gouges are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n