In the above sequence, I've been refining the establishment of the major masses and planes of the elements. Notice in the head on shot I've now carved on both sides of the inside salmon. I now have no option of moving it left or right, I can only narrow the existing shape. Hence the basic tenet of carving on only one side until you're satisfied with it's position. If I wanted to move the inside salmon left or right, I'd be stuck with it now. Notice I've added a little more curve to the heads than is in the model. I told you I'd begin deviating from the model!

Here are the only tools I've used in the carving so far. I've used the spherical ball burr the most, with a little bit of use of the flame burr. It does a little better job on flattish planes, and the tip can be used to cut narrower grooves than the ball burr. At this stage I try to follow the artist's rule of thumb to use the largest paintbrush possible. Of course, my paintbrush works in 3D, and I can't paint out my mistakes.

That's a full day's carving, so it's time to stop for now.