Wolf Cubs

"R" had also painted with me a year ago, when we created a lion's face and mane.  This time, he wanted to paint wolf cubs, his favorite animal.  He found this painting to be more challenging than his first, but, the results were worth the work!

As with his sisters, I used tape to block off the cubs while he put in the grassy field.  He used horizontal brush strokes to blend varying shades of green to build depth in the grass field.

Then he used vertical strokes to build up the grass blades.

Next up was the fallen tree trunk.  "R" started off with dark brown for bark, then moved to lighter tints and finally blended "like you are sweeping a floor!"

Now we did some outlining for the cubs.

This little line work and fur proved a challenge, but "R" stuck with it!

And he was excited to start to see it coming together!   

Working through the last one!  Here he is adding the lighter areas of fur.

And his final step was outlining areas and adding some highlights!  Then, wa-laa!  Finished!

Awesome work "R"!!!!   I'm proud of you!