In the Kitchen

I've been working on a series of illustrative kitchen characters for the last little bit. Slowly they are becoming prints... some more finished than others, but I wanted to post a couple bits of what I'm working on.

Both of these are soft-ground etchings and then I've been incorporating aquatint to enhance some of the mid-range tones. I may also introduce spit bite to give a little bit more atmosphere.

Anyways, here they are as they exist currently...