Work in Progress: Winter Fox Part 4

Here is Part 4 of my winter fox painting. Make sure to have a look at the previous stages of this painting on my blog as you follow me paint.

Now the time for furring and and adding highlights has come!

I've added some darker base tones to the brush making sure to work in the direction of the fur. As well as this I've also added the very darkest lines and areas of fur at the back of the fox. The biggest change has been the highlights on the face though. Adding the white, yellow, and blue highlights to the eyes helps bring them to life. And the brighter touches on the nose and highlights on the whiskers let you know that the fox has its nose in the sun. Here's a close up:

I've also worked on the fur details of the face and ears also the left side of the fox's face (that's on our right) is still relatively untouched. I try to make sure to work on areas that will be overlapped first (such as the jaw before the tail fur) to avoid awkward mark-making and keep things a little more natural.

Part 5 tomorrow.