How to Carve a 3 Color Shaded Pattern
On a Real Pumpkin

Here's The Next Set of Steps


How to Carve and Shave your Pumpkin.

#23
Cut Out the Cut Out Shapes

TOOLS - Exacto Knife with a keyhole saw-blade
I like this tool - It's Pen Size!
you can buy the knife and (5) pack of saw blades at Michaels
Or Right on this Site, Click carving tools above.

I prefer this over the smaller Pumpkin Masters Carving saws
they're too small for my manly hands - LOL
The Pumpkin Masters Carving saws Will do the trick, if this is what you have.


#24
Where to Start Cutting

The First thing you want to Carve out - is the smallest Black Shapes

The Black cut-out areas in this pattern are fairly simple - (BUT always cut the smallest first)

DO NOT PUSH IN OR PULL OUT any of the Black areas until you cut them all.
this gives the pumpkin support, as your still sawing the other BLACK shapes


#25
Pull the Shapes Out

Once you have carved Every Black Shape in the Pattern,
Use your saw to PULL them all out "Gently".

Pull them out towards you, don't PUSH them into the Pumpkin
on a more advanced pattern, you could Break other shapes.
Dont force it, use your saw to loosen if need be.


#26
It's now time to Shave the Pumpkin

TOOLS: Shaving Cream and Razor




Okay Just Joking with Ya - We'll try that again - Below


#27
Shaving the Pumpkin

TOOLS - Speedball Linoleum Cutter and Wood Chisel Set

Both Available for purchase in the Carving Tools page.

I have two speedballs, I'm too lazy to keep changing the blades. (known as NIBS)
I keep one small V nib in one and one Large V nib in the other.


#28
First Step is the Outlining

The first thing were going to do is Outline all the Black Lines in the Pattern
I start with the Overall Outline first (the patterns perimeter)
Using the Large V nib in the Speedball

NOTE: I only use the small V bit if the pattern has very small detailed Lines


#29
Continue Outlining

Then I go around the rest of the lines with the Sme tool
Again I'm Using the Large V nib


#30
Change Tools

Now open your Pack of Woodcraft Carving Knifes.
Pull the two with U-Shaped Blades
Theres a Large and a small One., Look at the pattern that you saved
You want to SHAVE the skin off of all the GRAY areas,
the white areas are Left alone completly.

You could also Just use the U shaped nib in your Speedball Lino Cutter.


#31
Start Shaving the Larger Area's

Like This !

Notice the shape in the middle, I left it alone for it's white on the pattern.
At this point dont worry about the rigges or that it's lumpy
we'll make the shaved areas nice and smooth in our last step.


#32
Just a Close up of the Above Image

#33
Were 1/2 way There.

#34
And Were Done Shaving

#35
Smoothing Out the Shading

Now lets make those shaved areas nice and Neat

TOOLS - Mini Ribbon Clay Tools

NOTE: You Could Also Use Larger Ribbon Tools for Larger Areas that need to be shaved.
Both Small and Large Ribbon Tools are Available for Purchsae in my Shop




#36
Start Smoothing out the Shading

Use the Mini Ribbon Clay Tools to Scrape all the shaved areas in the small Area's
And the Large Ribbon Tools for the Large Area;s

Make Area's nice and Smooth.

This will give you a much better Glow !


#37
Clean Bath the Pumpkin Again

Give the Pumpkin One more Bath & Dry as before

Just wanted to use that image again - Boy was she Pissed!


#38
Last Step !

I like to spray Lysol on the whole Carving and inside the Whole Pumpkin,
This helps keep those little Green Pumpking killing Bacteria & Fun-Guys away.


#39
Now Just Light er Up

Now STICK A CANDLE IN THAT BAD BOY !

Congrats !





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