Ravens, like other birds, have a lot of feathers...And so, not surprisingly, I have spent most of my time on this carving working on feathers. As you can see, the basic form of this sculpture is quite simple, but the feathers and the patterns created by the feathers are not. Here in this photo, I have penciled in some of the feather pattern on the raven's back and neck...
Beginning to rough in some of those back feathers...
A view of the back with feathers carved in...
And now roughing in some of the raven's left shoulder. The feather work continues...