Howling gray timber wolf painting using soft pastels on Uart sanded paper

I was absolutely thrilled when I was asked by one of my wildlife art collectors to paint a wolf portrait for them. They wanted a second portrait to match the Canada Lynx portrait they previously acquired from me and I thought a wolf would be an excellent subject to accompany the feline art piece. This particular composition I created with some artistic creativity and about four different reference images. I think my favorite part of painting this piece was when I added the mist created by the wolf's warm breath.

I really do have to paint more wolves as they have to be my absolute favorite wild animal. And who doesn't like to hear their haunting howls?

"Northern Serenade"-Gray Timber Wolf

soft pastels on UArt sanded paper

7" x 7"

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Bohemian Waxwing Drawing on Uart sandpaper

Title: "Late Winter Feast"
Medium: Colored Pencil

Support: Uart Sanded Paper

Size: 5" x 3"

Species: Bombycilla garrulus

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Step 2 Bird drawing

In this sitting I have completed the bird's head and started adding the base color for the rest of the body. I find it interesting how I am able to layer the colored pencils rather easily on the sandpaper.

A new venture...colored pencil exploration

Step 1 of bird drawing


Reference image of waxwing: A few days ago, we had a flock of Bohemian waxwings attack the local crabapple trees during a heavy snow storm. I tried to stand still (and invisible) with my camera in hand and it was snowing so hard that the the birds never really bother with me. When the snow let up just a little, I was able to get the shot of this hungry bird devouring the last of the previous season's bounty.

After seeing fellow artist bloggers' lovely work using colored pencil and Uart sanded paper, I always knew I had to give it a try. I've used Uart before with pastels and immediately fell in love with the fine toothed paper but also knew that I had a prime candidate to experiment with different media.