The entire carving has received the base coat of Raw Sienna mixed with Boiled Linseed Oil, the excess oil has been blotted away using Kleenex tisssues followed by a “flat” artist brush to get into the crevices, nooks and crannies with the brush wiped on a Kleenex tissue from time to time to keep it absorbant. A plastic lid palette can be seen in the photo as having a mixture of Zinc White and Boiled Linseed Oil, squashed and mixed together with a palette knife. White is very difficult to get a good “look” so it is very important to mix the two ingredients thoroughly. When applied to the hair and beard, if it is not “white” enough, add a little more Zinc White to the mixture and try again. Some of the base coat color will show through the white, toning it down so that it does not look like driven snow, but like soft and supple snow white hair. A small “flat” artist brush may be used to spread the white stain evenly and sometimes a second coat of the white mixture needs to be applied. Try to eliminate having any of the mixture to pool in the crevices of the hair and beard or else when it dries it will look chalky. Using a small “liner” artist brush, the eyebrows are painted as well as the eye balls. The pupil has been carved in, so there is no attempt to paint in the iris or pupil, only a hint of whiteness of the eyes. The face and hand receive only the base coat color as a way of maintaining the appearance that this is a wood carving rather than a piece of ceramics. Other carvers may paint the face and hands with flesh colors, but the WOOD BEE CARVER prefers the Raw Sienna color. There is no “right” way to paint, only various methods and each carver should experiment and then choose which methods works for that carver.