[BeyGon]

Thank you everyone, it's mostly weekend work, I am in school two days a week. I was lucky with the lines, I had to work with the shape of the stone, it dictated the direction of the bear. Those saw cuts were already there so I had to work with them too. The shape of the marble caused the head to have to turn to the side and it worked out better that way. A little more movement. I tried to make it look like the bear is going for a seal. I bought a $4.99 polar bear from Toys are Us, about 4" tall for the model, this doesn't look like it. Nothing seems to look the way it started but that's ok too. Just hints of the eyes and ears. Next time I might put a little more detail in it. but not much.
I am looking at a large piece of marble now, I think I want to make one about twice as big, it always depends because the marble costs a bunch. This piece cost about $500 and I have been at it for maybe four or five months. I need to speed this up.
I didn't take a picture of the stone before I started, I always forget, but the first picture is about a day into it.