The Practical Hitty Newsletter -All About Creating Hitty
Carve Your Own Hitty
Carving Hitty's Face
by Sara Cole

Step 8:

Before moving onto the the eye area and the bridge of the nose, finish shaping out the cheekbones and temples, and do a few more fine cuts on the lower features.

Cut the lower edge of the nose to have two lightly-curved nostrils. Shape out the lower half of the nose, with a wider base around the nostrils curving into a narrower, rounded tip.

Begin undercutting the upper lip to create the gentle inside curve. Go slowly with this, and remove a little at a time to shape out the upper lip. The inside curve of the upper lip should be small and should only take in approximately the center half of the lip.

If the cut to create the upper lip's inner curve is started too high, you may cut away too much of the lip's prominence in profile, meaning that it won't stick out as far as it should. You don't want to have to recarve the lower lip and chin farther back to bring the upper lip back out.

If the curve is cut to far into the outer portions of the upper lip, or too high all the way across, you can lose way too much wood on the outer portions of your upper lip, reshaping the lipline, and changing the expression a great deal.

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Continue to shape and refine the lower lip, chin, or even cheeks as necessary as you carve the upper lip curve. This can be a good time to use fine files or small pieces of sandpaper to shape out curves around the mouth and nose. You may be able to use a burnishing stick at this stage to help shape out the dips and grooves but don't push hard enough so a slip can damage the nose or lips. If you're using a file or sandpaper make sure you don't accidentally create any extra scratched grooves in the smooth or projecting areas of the face, as you sand into the tiny curves.

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