{"id":3024,"date":"2010-01-17T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/f13o71x-delta-9er5er.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/17\/realistic-squirrel-ornament\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T11:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T15:52:10","slug":"realistic-squirrel-ornament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/realistic-squirrel-ornament\/","title":{"rendered":"Candy Cane Squirrel Ornament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/issues-HCspecial-toc2-lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6817 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/issues-HCspecial-toc2-lg-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"issues-HCspecial-toc2-lg\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Woodburned details\u00a0<\/b><b>and dry brushing bring this cute critter to life<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>By Leah Goddard<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Given the right circumstances, realistic wildlife carvings make great holiday ornaments. I created this squirrel holding a candy cane to combine my interest in realistic wildlife with whimsical situations.<\/p>\n<p>Carve this piece out of a solid block of wood, using a variety of power and hand tools. After shaping the carving, add texture with power-carving bits and a woodburner.<\/p>\n<p>After you have finished adding texture with the woodburner, mix a bit of water with burnt sienna acrylic paint and apply it to the squirrel with a round brush. Use the photo of the ornament as a reference. Allow the paint to dry. Dip a stiff-bristle brush in white acrylic paint and scrub it on a paper bag to remove most of the paint and evenly distribute the remaining paint through the brush. Stroke the brush across the fur texture to apply a bit of white paint to just the high parts of the fur.<\/p>\n<p>Use a detail brush to paint the eyes black, the teeth and white stripe on the candy cane white, and the red stripes on the candy cane red. Add a few dots of black around the mouth to simulate whiskers.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>Materials:<br \/>\n\u2022 <\/i><\/b>Basswood: 3 3\/4&#8243; x 6 1\/2&#8243; x 7&#8243; (95mm x 16.5cm\u00a0x 17.8cm)<br \/>\n\u2022 Acrylic paint, such as Liquitex heavy body: unbleached titanium, titanium white, burnt umber, cadmium red, cadmium yellow, sap green, ivory black<br \/>\n\u2022 Acrylic varnish<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b><i>Tools:<br \/>\n\u2022 <\/i><\/b>Carving knife of choice<br \/>\n\u2022 V-tool:\u00a05mm<br \/>\n\u2022 #3 palm gouge: 10mm<br \/>\n\u2022 Micro gouge<br \/>\n\u2022 Woodburner<br \/>\n\u2022 Woodburning pen,\u00a0flat rounded<br \/>\n\u2022 Woodburning pen, small and large skew-tip<br \/>\n\u2022 Woodburning pen, round tip<br \/>\n\u2022 Paintbrushes<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Candy-Cane-Squirrel-Pattern.pdf\">CLICK HERE to download the Candy Cane Squirrel Pattern.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Candy-Cane-Animals-Pattern1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE to download additional Candy Cane Animal Ornament Patterns (1).<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Candy-Cane-Animals-Pattern2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE to download additional Candy Cane Animal Ornaments Patterns (2).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13594\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Carving-Painting-Christmas-Ornaments-150x185.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Carving-Painting-Christmas-Ornaments-43x55.png 43w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Carving-Painting-Christmas-Ornaments-150x193.png 150w, https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Carving-Painting-Christmas-Ornaments.png 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/b><em>For more information on carving Christmas ornaments read <\/em>Carving &amp;\u00a0Painting Christmas Ornaments<em> by Betty Paddon.\u00a0Carve and paint your own festive wooden Christmas ornaments, with step-by-step projects, detailed instructions, original patterns, and inspiring color photographs. The book is available from <a href=\"https:\/\/foxchapelpublishing.com\/products\/carving-painting-christmas-ornaments?_pos=1&amp;_psq=Carving+%26%C2%A0Painting+Christmas+Ornaments&amp;_ss=e&amp;_v=1.0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.foxchapelpublishing.com <\/a>for $16.99 plus S&amp;H.<\/em><br \/>\n<b><\/b><br \/>\n<b><\/b><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/foxchapelpublishing.com\/products\/woodcarving-illustrated-issue-52-fall-2010?variant=49268898431257\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-13390\" src=\"https:\/\/woodcarving.zeeframes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-05-at-10.32.08-AM-150x185.png\" width=\"100\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodcarvingillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-05-at-10.32.08-AM-43x55.png 43w, 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