How to draw a fox using pastels
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- 03 May 2023
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Learn how to draw a fox using a combination of soft pastels, Conté crayons and pastel pencils.
In this tutorial I am going to show you how I draw a cunning and alert fox with soft pastels, charcoal, Conté crayons and pastel pencils. I want to share with you how I work on the whole piece, building up darks and lights to create the form, and then continue to refine this initial drawing and gradually work into areas of detail.
At each stage I stand back (or sit at the other side of the room with a cup of coffee) and assess how the piece is going, so I can constantly tweak it as I go along. I like to think that this results in a unified and balanced piece of work. We can create many different textures by varying our materials, from very soft Unison pastels, to hard Conté crayons and pastel pencils.
HOW TO DRAW A FOX: MATERIALS
- Mount card
- Art Spectrum Colourfix primers(opens in new tab), colours White, Burgundy and Raw Sienna
- 2” decorator’s brush(opens in new tab)
- Unison pastels(opens in new tab) – range of blues, warm browns and oranges
- Pencil eraser
- Conté crayons(opens in new tab)
- Charcoal
- Faber-Castell Polychromos cream pastel(opens in new tab)
- Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel Pencils(opens in new tab)
- Scalpel for sharpening pencils
For my reference I am using a copyright-free photograph by Jiri Sifalda from the Unsplash website(opens in new tab). I was inspired by the rich colours, and the way it captures a moment when the fox looks alert, and I want to get that feeling into my painting. I also love the variety of textures in the fur, and the cunning gleam in the eye. I decided to focus on the head so I could really enjoy the textural qualities of the fur. Read More…
