Learned I need to got much darker with my grays… but happy with the details on my bear…
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Beautiful.
How big is it?
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Wow, really nice job on this!
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Really amazing bit of work 
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Beautiful. You create such compelling expressions on your subjects faces.
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That is one handsome bear!
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Roughly 10 inch x 17 inches… the original pen and ink illustration was 50 x 40 inches
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Thank you!!! I usually start with the eyes in my illustrations
I especially like the way you do the bear’s fur. That detail adds so much to the design. 
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Zowie. Really nice.
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Thank you 
I love details!! They show up in all my illustrations
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Beautiful! I love your illustrations. What kind of wood?
This is on a large bamboo cutting board!! And thank you!!
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I love etching bamboo. It cleans up so easily with a soft toothbrush and dish soap. Unfortunately you lose the burn. 
AMAZING detail and art!!! How long did it take you to do the 50 by 40 size???
Yeah… I have noticed 
Is there a better wood you would recommend for detailed work?
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42 years 
honestly… about 2 weeks of full time work if I were to add it up. The piece sold the first day I debuted it at an art festival
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Nice to see the artist as well as the art.
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I actually like maple and the burn it gets. It has a nice look. You could use a dark wood like walnut but I don’t think you would get the same depth of image. Have you tried flooding the etch with color?
Not with wood! I used to etch copper, patina and sand off the top revealing the illustration… but that was ALOT of work. I will have to try it with wood. What would you recommend using to flood the wood?
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