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

Step 13:

What to do in the last stages is very much a matter of taste, and the state of your particular carving. The tiniest cuts at the end are the most indescribable, and your Hitty may already be done. On Hitty Coal I narrowed the temples and shaped out her forehead a little more, creating smaller but well-defined eye indentations. I deepened the curves on either side of her upper lip, and I deepened and softened the corners of her mouth. I continued to shave tiny bits from her cheeks, chin, and jaw until her face was balanced and was shaped just right, and her expression was pleasant. In general, I did fine finishing work on her lips, chin, nose, cheeks, and hair and jaw line. I have included many views of the completed carving, to try to show what I can't describe.

 
 
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