This latest commission is in pastel and I chose a warm grey Pastelmat paper to sketch the basic outlines to start with. Next I blocked in the background colours and pushed the pastel pigments into the surface to create a 'dry' base before blocking in the dog's colouring with a variety of different pastel sticks ranging from the softer Daler Rowney and Unison ranges to the slightly harder Conte pastels. From there, as the picture is quite small and requires a lot of detail, I started making more defined marks with Pastel Pencils, gradually building up the colours and textures on the dog's coat and blending each layer. More layers and refinements were gradually made to shadow areas, markings, colours and tonal values, before finishing the background details and using sharpened pencils to add whiskers and fine fur details.
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