What I did was to watch some videos on carving. It's helpful to see carving in action instead of pictures in a magazine. Mack Headley and Nora Hall come to mind on carving shells. In the videos, they mention that tools their using and I think that they both come with a pattern. Watching them helped me understand grain change, hand placement, etc.. Phil Lowe has a video on carving a ball and claw foot and cutting a cabriole leg. No pattern with that video. Also, David Calvo did an episode of the Woodwright Shop. I think those episodes are also available for purchase.
You might check your local Woodcraft stores. I've taken a couple "day classes" on carving. Relatively cheap.
Hope this helps,
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