How to draw and carve a donkey - Awesome 0$ DIY Christmas Crib (3/6) - super simple figurines!

Hello YouTube! Welcome to the third episode of my Carve Your Own Christmas Trip series. In the last two episodes we crafted the barn, the environment and the cove. Today we want to craft a donkey. A donkey is a little bit more difficult to carve than a cove. Nevertheless this is a fun project and the mane, the long ears and the tail will make sure that everyone recognizes it as a donkey. Before I start the whittling work I draw the animal first because it's super important to know the specific shapes, the dimensions and the proportions. If you are not able to draw an animal you will be not able to whittle it. This trick with the basic circle structure helps me a If you don't know this trick please check out my first video on this series. There I explain it. The link for this video you find here and in the description box below. The shapes of the head of a donkey are rounder than the head shapes of an ox. Neck and back are again in one line. This is part of the simplifying concept so that we can carve an The transition from the back to the rump is much more rounded in the donkey than in the ox. The round pronounced cheek is another specific shape of a donkey. For the tail we use an unraveled nature fiber cord. The ears are quite long and more or less pointy and the mane we made from sawdust. From the front view the head of the donkey is slimmer and the transitions are more rounded than on the ox. Also the rest of the body is slimmer compared to an ox. If the drawing work is done let's start crafting the donkey. The first cut with the wood saw is the front side of the head. This cut is not vertical this cut is slightly sloping. Afterwards I transfer the front view shape of the torso and I carve the body thinner along the whole length. Next step is to draw in the shape of the head from the front view on the cutting surface. After I carve the cheeks on both the round cheeks with stop cuts and fine cuts. Now I try to carve the throat a little thinner. In this step I carve the eye sockets after around the edges in the head area. Next step is to thin out the neck a little bit. Now I draw in the rear part and after I shorten the branch. After carving the round drum I make a flat area for a better stand. Now I saw a groove in which I glue in the leather ears later. After drawing in the eyes I make the mane with sawdust and adhesive. The last step is to craft The next video I want to show you how to riddle such a little sheep. The launch date for the other videos of this series you find in the description box below. Thanks a lot for watching. See you next time. Ciao