Dusty Amble

An elephant tosses up dust over itself as it takes a long slow amble

This image has been sketched using PASTELS on a Pastel Matt Paper whilst using a reference photograph courtesy of Billy Dodson.

Below is how I created this image

I've sketched the outline of the elephant, put Phthalo blue to the top of the image and added trees and dust

Im starting to move down the trunk and across the top of the head

Adding the finer wrinkles to the trunk whilst working on my first board

Darkening the shadows around the wrinkles on the trunk and starting to work down the leg

Elephant is looking balanced and I've added some distant trees in the background to give it depth

Quick pose with the finished Sketch

The scanned and finished image