Animal and Wildlife Art Lessons
"Melvin the Hound"
By David Dowbyhuz
I refine the fur some more, and lay in the basics of his big fat foot. You can also see here how I’ve fussed some more with his muzzle, adding tones to suggest the rows of his whiskers. I have also defined the dimension of his floppy ears more. I added a stronger core shadow on the right-hand ear, brightened the highlight on the right side of that dark and added hue, a burnt sienna, in the dark-side to the left of the core shadow.
To the right is a detail where you can better see the range of colors in white fur of Melvin's chest.
I worked out the second forefoot and the basic ripples of his flab, in and out of shadow. I won’t be worried about evening out the tones at this point. I’ll be able to balance them when I put down the next (and final!) layer of paint/glaze.
(That's the last little patch of bare canvas as well!)
Here’s the progress to date. I've completed all of the brown tones on his back.
I’ve painted in the rest of the “white”, as well as his hind-ham. Here I chose to use more green to harmonize the right hand-tones with the value on the left. Still requires adjusting, but nearly there!
(The canvas is completely covered now, except for the tip of his waggy tail!)
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