This is the time of year for giving and I would ask that you consider making a donation to Wolf Park to help them continue with their education and behavioral research projects. Many of the paintings that I do are of wolves that live in Wolf Park. One of my paintings is for sale there …
Here’s the finished portrait of the shepherd. I think he’s beautiful!
Here I add Moqui’s paws and work some more on the background.
Now I am adding some deep black over the previous layers. He is starting to look really good, don’t you think? I also add his eyes. I love his amber eyes that are rimmed in a pumpkin color.
Now we start to build color. Since black by itself is lifeless and really doesn’t have much depth, I want to add some color underneath. When I painted in watercolor, I always made my own blacks. I didn’t own a tube of black paint. Pastel can be used similarly. I can mix a color …