DIY How to Paint a Fox

DIY How to Paint a Fox

What you will need:

a pencil

a eraser 

a pen

a mix media pad

or

a watercolor pad

watercolor palette

water

paintbrush

a piece of 3x3 cardboard

a picture of a fox

time 

patience 

confident heart

(this post includes a video, see further below)

Pick your fox pictures out, I found mine on Pinterest. You many see one in a magazine, a kids book or google. It helps to look at something for inspiration. I really like the two fox in the above picture. 

Foxy Lady from Ashley Murphy on Vimeo.

clear your workspace

trace the 3x3 cardboard

study the fox picture/pictures you gathered

begin sketching out what you see

if you mess up, erase, sketch again

sketch over your sketch to define clearly

lightly erase your sketch (so you don't see it through your watercolor)
start in the upper section of the fox mix a few brown colors from your watercolor palette 

mix colors to your liking, remember you are the artist

yours will not look like mine or the person next to you

use those same brown colors around the outer parts of her ears

use a white to make a light tan to fill in the lower half of the fox face

use a dare brown for the a half of the inside of the ear

use the white for the other half of the inside of ear

dark brown for the nose

lite brown for mouth

black for eys

blue for glasses

you can use your pen to lightly outline (I did not)

Notice I didn't use my black pen to outline. This is something I usually do but I ran out of time. Can easily do it if you like or leave it as is. I kinda like mine without.