Working progress of new whittling character

Ive only just started to whittle the human form as before I was apprehensive of human faces as I thought they were hard to do but as i have discovered by doing this helpful tutorial of a 5 minite wizard there are ways round it. This really built my confidence. This is the link and i have already posted the photo's of the one i carved. www.youtube.com/user/whittler0507#p/search/4/l9sObqxmYJY. I was using another video of his and was trying to carve a Santa but it didn't turn out right so i changed it into a old Sergeant major, as i said before it is a working progress but for a failure i am quiet happy with it. The link to the video i was using is here www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNz-lKtoX2U, Im sorry all i can find is the second part and the conclusion, but it starts off pretty much the same as the wizard.
                                                                   This is my Sergeant.

My first wizard

I love to carve as you may or may not no, this was my first patterened carving i went a little bit off in my own way but really enjoyed it. Also this was the first carving ive ever painted and that also turned out well i throught all round gd one.

My first ever carving

This was my first ever carving i gave this to my mum, i know its ruff but i only had a stanley knife. This also took me ages and lots of cut fingers lol. If you can't tell its a bear, like i said i only had a stanley knife so i found detail difficult.