A Woodcarver's Workbook: Carving Animals with Mary Duke Guldan (Full Size Patterns with Step-by-Step Instructions)

Very good information and the patterns are extremely helpful. I have already started with the cougar pattern.

You'll get you're money's worth if you buy any carving book by Mary Duke Guldan. Unlike many other carving books this lady gives you wonderfully artistic and accurate patterns showing top, side, back and front views. In addition she gives you detailed drawings showing feet and facial characteristics of animals. Plus, this author shows you how to piece together 1" thick planks of wood to make a good size carving. (This is a great help to people who can not find, or afford huge blocks of good wood, like basswood.) I also appreciate the author's suggestions of how to vary the poses of animals, and other ways of using her patterns, like for mantelpieces. This book may be a little over the head of brand new wood carvers, but if you're beyond the very beginning stage and interested in carving something besides birds, this is the book for you!

Bon

a book worth having in your collection I think I will be using some of the patterns in it soon

good book if you were going to carve any of these animals.

This is the first book in a Series it gives clear ways to carve, beginners will get a lot from this book