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Wolves Playing in the Snow in progress

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Wolves Playing in the Snow

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First colour pencil sketch, done about 4x6in size


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Next step is to do the drawing again, this time on a piece of Rising Stonehenge paper (colour tan) about 11x14 in, image size about 9x12 in - it creeps towards the edges as the drawing progresses!

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Background details are added and it is decided to include a skyline and make the scene less dark than the initial idea.

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More detail and intensity are added to the watercolour-pencil drawing.
Finished Drawing
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This is the finished version of the Watercolour Pencil Drawing image size 9x13 in.
Finished Painting
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A 26x40 in. canvas was prepared and the wolves composition was transferred to the canvas. Approximately 60 hours of painting later the finished oil on canvas of Wolves Playing in the Snow was completed. Much more detail and subtlety was achieved in the larger scale version. Click on the image to see a larger picture.


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