This has been executed on 5.5" x 7.5" Strathmore Toned Gray Paper using primarily colored pencils. I did use art pens in a few places for delicate details. I used a white gel pen to outline the wolves when I initially transferred the drawing to good paper. I should have used a white pencil; the pen left ink marks that interfered with the colored pencil. I used an Xacto knife to remove most of the ink, but some remained. I won't be doing that again!
I almost didn't complete this month's challenge because animals are a true challenge to me; but with some gentle nudging and prodding by my eBay Artists Group I was finally coaxed into joining in. I am glad I did because this piece came out much better than I expected. Guess I have been listening when people give advise on how to do animal fur ... this time I went for illusion rather than trying to capture every single strand of fur.
Thank you, my friends, for sharing your techniques ... people do listen!
"White Wolves" by Karen Anne Brady
Photo by John Knight
