Bear finished

[jmischel]

This was a project in my beginner's woodcarving class. We took a break from class for the holidays and won't resume until the beginning of February. Instructor said about this project, "finish it on your own." So I did.

I think I should have added a little more color to the face. And the eyes ... well, I'm still learning . . .

The bear started as the Mike Shipley "Barry" cutout. But we added a bit more detail than he does in the book. I think I'm going to do another one, but more closely follow his style.

[gene-messer]

Jim .. you did a nice job on him .. great first try on a bear .. keep it up

Gene

[Soggy]

Nothing wrong with that bear; I think he's a cute little fellar.
Thanks for sharing;
Wayne

[Curtscarving]

Hey I like him,for some reason he looks really happy,hes a goodun.
Curt

[tnartist05]

I like him too! Cute little guy plus I like how you painted him. Thanks for sharing him.

Forrest

[jimmy joe]

Like mentioned above , cute little guy is what popped into my mind when I saw him . Nice job .

[Dagwood]

Jim you did a fine job on him... as for following the book more closely...id say NO.. make it your own use the book as a guide but u want it to be yours,,,,, again u did a fine job of this one

[Dan Wegiel]

Jim, you did a real good job on him, thanks for sharing.

Dan

[Bill Anderson]

this is great i think you should be proud.

[jmischel]

Hey, everybody, thanks for the nice comments. I really enjoyed working on this guy. And, yeah ... he's a smilin' bear. I like 'em happy.