Facial Expressions
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Ol' Don has often seen carvings, both caricature and realistic, where the face shows little or no expression even though the body pose indicates a certain mood. Add emphasis to your carving by giving them more attitude and expression. Here are some examples.
The face is a flexible mass capable of squashing and stretching and fundamental things happen to the face for every emotion. It doesn't matter if the person is large or small, short or tall.
Facial expressions are created primarily by the movement of the mouth and eyebrows.
Notice in these examples the position and angles of the mouth and eyebrows plus the shape of the eyes and the mouth. These are the elements which give each expression it's definition.
