Demystifying Wood Grain

Because many beginners, as well as seasoned carvers alike, often have a difficult time understanding and dealing with wood grain and all of the difficulties that arise because of it, I have compiled a document entitled "Demystifying Wood Grain, a Wood Carving Primer."  In this tutorial, I attempt to demystify the somewhat elusive subject of wood grain and how to deal with it properly.  I hope you will stop by and take a look, but mostly, I hope that it is useful to you by shedding some light on this sometimes difficult subject.

Here's the link:
Demystifying Wood Grain

You can also link to it from the Tutorials Page.  Happy Carving.