In White Wolf Part 3- We will draw the White Wolf and add any touch ups needed to complete the drawing.
Step 1- Carefully remove the Frisket off the wolf. Before you begin to render the wolf, remember to cover your drawing with a piece of paper to protect your hand from smudging the background.
Step 2- Block out the area where the Eyes, Nose, and Mouth will be drawn.
Step 3- Block out the area where the muzzle will be.
Step 4- Draw a Contour drawing of the Nose.
Step 5- Draw the Nostrils, darken with a sharpened charcoal pencil, draw the mouth attached to the nose. Make sure you are using the “check back method” to get the angles and curves correct. Hold your paper up and compare to the photo to make sure it’s correct, if not, make adjustments.
Step 6- Begin the eyes. Make sure you have the correct distance between the eyes. Look at the angle and direction of the muzzle and draw a guide line. Carefully sketch the right eye. Draw a guide line across the tear duct of the right eye until it meets the guide line, drawn for the muzzle. Use the “check back method” to draw the left eye in the correct size and angle.
Step 7- Carefully draw the Iris/Pupil of the Eyes using a Charcoal pencil. You want the the depth without the reflection a graphite pencil will make. Begin erasing the guide lines.
Step 8- The most important tip I can give an Artist when rendering anything is, Shape is created by Value, not Lines. As you can see above, the wolf’s face is being created/formed by its hair using feathered strokes that simulate the direction of the wolf’s coat and the small circles on the top of the head giving the appearance of softness between its ears.
Step 9- Using your Carbon Pencil, Charcoal Pencil, F Pencil, Kneaded Eraser, and Stumps lightly lay in Values using light feathery strokes for the hair and small circles on the top of the Head and Ears. Pull out highlights sparingly. Value is built up by overlapping strokes. *Remember “Less is Best” and the “Check Back Meathod.”
Step 10- Use different Textures to render the body. (Squiggles, Hatching, Cross Hatching, Circles)
Step 11- Overlapping softens the White Wolf’s coat. Make sure you use the same texture when you are overlapping. An F pencil works great to create a soft, yet still white coat.
Step 12- Fine tune adjusting Values and popping out Highlights. Remember to hold your drawing up and next to your photograph to compare. Repeat until finished.