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Here's it is - finally done!

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#1 ·
Here's the new caving - before and after pics, it's supposed to be a Chickadee. The shaping of it wasn't too hard but the painting was sooooo hard! I'm still looking for lessons other than reading books, there does not seem to be anybody who teaches carving around here. I got a lot of improving to do so I plan to keep working at it. Thanks for looking. Any carvers out there I would appreciate some tips!

The Start:

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Shaping up to look like something:

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Adding the tail:

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Putting the Wings and other detail:

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Feather detail:

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Painting (Not really sure what to do but just going with it!!!):

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DONE (I think!):

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#7 ·
I just finished it about an hour ago - mounted it on the plaque. I'm still new at this (only my third carving) so it took me longer maybe around 18-20 hours (if not more)total work time. I stopped working on it quite a bit since I did not want to rush things which left me time to think of what to do (and how to do it).