[Woodcarver] Grizzly bear paint

[Ccowboy001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/6/2004 9:16:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
irish at carvingpatterns.com writes:
Mike's suggestions are quite excellent and I wanted to pick up and emphasis
one of his points.  The black bear is not black.  In fact what we call the
black bear is only a color variation of the brown bear species.

It's fur is an extremely deep shade of brown both in nature and in painting.
Because of the dramatic contrast between his fur and his surroundings it
only appears as a black in photographs. 
               Susan and Mike
    
         Bears are sort of close to me. I had a pet for 6 years at his 
largest when he was 12-14 years he weighed around 650 lbs. Their fur is coarse like 
a horses mane. The ones here in the Smokys are dark its hard to distinguish a 
brown tint to them here even up close. In the sun light some shine a 
blue/black. 10% of the cubs here have a white chest making the dark fur "look" even 
blacker. I use Rite Dye diluted with 70% alcohol for colors. The shoulders and 
places where the sun hits bleaches the fur. The hardest obstacle for me a bear 
is fat and getting the muscle carved is so subtle. Its almost like carving a 
pig. Just a note bears weigh only 6 oz when born.
Chris Howard
gatlinburgartist.com
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