House Project part 7

Began the cutting process on my block this afternoon. With complex scenes like this I often start with all the negative spaces, saving the figures and objects for later in the process. That's what I did today. I cut all the walls and floor spaces on the lower and middle level, which is a significant portion of the image. Next time I'll do the same for the top floor, then take on the stairs. The block turns out to have a few slightly soft spots, where the wood tends to tear rather than cut, despite having sharpened my tools today. But mostly it's going as expected.