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In this handy reference guide, award-winning woodcarver Desiree Hajny reveals her artistic approach to carving majestic white-tailed deer. Desiree is well known for her lifelike, richly detailed animal carvings. Now she shares her knowledge and carving secrets with aspiring woodcarvers in this handy reference guide. Carving Deer offers ready-to-use carving patterns for making beautifully realistic bucks, does, and fawns. Clear reference photos provide inspiring views of deer from all angles, and color-coded anatomy sketches help the reader to understand how they move. The author offers expert tips for carving challenging details like eyes, nose, and mouth, along with texturing, painting, and finishing techniques.

Desiree Hajny's accomplishments in the woodcarving arts span thirty years as an author, teacher, commissioned artist, and competition judge. Desiree has won an amazing number of national and international awards for her carvings, including 25 best-of-show honors, over 150 first place awards, 18 people's choice awards, and the Woodcarving Illustrated Woodcarver of the Year award. She is the author of six woodcarving books, a contributor to seven others, and a contributing editor to woodworking periodicals across the United States and Europe.