Update Phase I: February 15, 2012

I have finished my first piece with the spine, although I'm not quite sure how I feel about it. I think that I was just getting a hang of the wood burning closer to the end, so I'm not entirely happy with how it came out. I also don't know how I feel about the carving. I think it looks messier than I wanted it too.

I started a new piece on a piece of plywood which I like so much better. The plywood just burns so much better and the grain in the wood is beautiful. I also have much more space with this piece of wood than I did before. I think the size of the wood limited what I could put on it. This bigger piece allows me to make the figure bigger. I decided to leave the carving out of the figure in this one. I'm really happy with the way that the burning is coming out. I've gotten the hang of it and am able to play around with different values. I think it adds a lot more dimension to the figure as well. I am still going to add watercolor and a background to it, like the last one, but here is a picture so far.