Curious Fox and the Forest Door

Been meaning to post this days ago but time has been escaping me lately. I found out how much I love gessoed surfaces for watercolor and gouache washes, all those years of acrylic didn't shake off it seems.

My one regret isn't trying a more daring form of lighting, but I'm happy with the amount of polish and color I used in the end.

The title and illustration reminds me of an aesop fable.

Small Foxes Painting Progress

A small update on what I'm working on with a series of images: a concept sketch, a color study, and the final under-drawing on the actual final painting. Experimenting with canine forms, watercolor, and multi media, and the finished will be watercolor/ acrylic mixed media. The end product will hopefully be a starting point for a style guide for my own personal childrens book still being roughed out. (It involves ferrets, not foxes, but more on that later.)