Been carving away the light grey areas of the Hi-Land Dodge block for the last couple days. Some of the areas are very small and somewhat intricate. I'm mostly trapped into using only the smallest cutter that I have. In some areas I've been able to use a larger gouge to clear out some areas, but mostly it's a little here and a little there with a little more here and then there.
I think so far so good though. It seems that my coloring different areas different colors has certainly helped me out, but I've come across some areas where it seems I missed marking them. In a couple areas they should've been in the initial carving and should've been the paper color, but now they are the first light grey color. Not a big issue really and no one will really know which ones were missed. As I look at it now, I've already forgotten where the areas were.
In some of these areas I have to be very careful. When carving, the lino has a tendency to break away if the area being left behind is very small. I've made a very conscious effort to not have that happen and so far so good. Hoping to have this piece ready to print by Saturday morning.
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