A bear carved (about an inch deep in parts) into Canadian wood, and then shaded and outlined with pyrography (wood burning). Colour was then added to give the water and background a bit of variation. The bear shading is all done through pyrography (wood burning), but I added a very thin wood stain to tint it a slightly more reddish in colour to make it more realistic.

I’ve included work in progress photos of how the piece was done from start to finish below.

Blank Canadian Wood Before Carving

Bear carving – Beginning of the pyrographed outlines.

Bear Carving – Pyrography outlines complete and waterfall carved.

Bear Carving – Pyrographed (wood burned) outlines and shading of the bear.

Carving and pyrography completed, except for the background mountains which I added in at the end.

Carving pyrography (wood burning) and colour complete, but not yet varnished.

Bear Carving Final – Pyrography Colour and Varnish Complete

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