My Latest Project

After two evenings of nibbling away at the 22"W x 36"H panel.I'm making some head-way!
Still finishing up the legs and rest of the body leading behind the tree. Once those are finished, that will leave me with a solid foundation to work on the following session. The Wolf will be looking around a snow-laden tree trunk. I'm still unsure of the upper right corner. I was thinking snow-laden Pine bough? Possibly but I'll wait to dive into that idea pool until I'm a bit further along.
I'll be adding some more dimension to the bark in certain areas with the addition of gesso in those locations. This will literally bring the work into the third dimension ;) Should be fun actually....creating bark with gesso. Re-drawing areas which have been raised in relief and then mixing an array of varying Azure values.to facilitate an under-painting. "Azuraccio"
Finally, key areas will be warmed up with the addition of glazes and highlighting over-paints. I'll update the photos as they emerge.



Alright now, I'm happy with where I've taken this so far and will get started on the tree bark this evening.
No, the wolf isn't totally where I'd like him yet but close enough to where I can begin other elements of the composition.