I am so excited to announce a new workshop, Painting a Snow Leopard in Pastel on Feb 21-23, 2014. We will be using a photo reference by Jamie Mammano for our painting. If you would like to sign up send me an email at sleepingdogart@gmail.com or call me at 540-325-3327.
Today I worked on the fur of the wolf. After establishing a colorful, dark base , I began to add the hair on the wolf . I used a pale off white, grey, black(for darker hair), dark brown and white for the brightest lights. I also put some white on his nose to simulate snow. I …
I started this painting on a piece of blue velour that I had not used before. As it turned out, it was not a good grade of paper. As I started to put pastel down, problems began…the paper was scratchy and the pastel didn’t lay down well. On top of that, the browns I used looked …
My New Year’s resolution is to become more regular with blogging. So this week I will be adding the stages to a new painting I call “The Hunter”. This painting is done on blue velour paper. I usually use grey but wanted to see how the blue worked underneath the wolf colors. There is also …
I enjoyed painting this so much. The puppies are precious and they make me feel very peaceful. I hope you enjoy this painting!