I've adjusted the fox sketch.
By Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (30756)
Lichfield, England
November 7, 2023 6:08pm CST
So, tyere there were some parts of the fox sketch which just did not look right. I couldn't think what it was at first, so I sat down with the drawing in front of me, ans and the reference picture with grid and also the colour reference photo and I just looked at them and compared them until it registered what was wrong.
The face looked too long, and it wasn't symmetrical. He also looked as if he was looking to the left instead of straight at you. The back wasn't high enough and the backside was too fat. The legs at the back were too far apart. So I attempted to adjust these parts.
Then having another look and comparing the sketch to the reference photos, I realised that not only was the face too long, it was also too low. So I had to do the face again and move it up more.
When I thought the sketch was as good as I could get it, a rubbed out the grid reference lines. This has left streaks on the sketch where I rubbed out, but that doesn't matter because it's going to get covered in paint.
So the sketch is now ready to be painted on on Thursday.
I hope you are all well.
I hope you all had a great day.
Have a great night too. 

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5 responses
@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
8 Nov 23
@RubyHawk I'm glad you can see this picture. The other one was rather dark. I'm glad you think the fox looks perfect. Thank you very much. 

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@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
9 Nov 23
@sharonelton You’re welcome. I want to see it when you finish the painting.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
8 Nov 23
Good job! I hope you have a good day.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
8 Nov 23
@sharonelton You're welcome. I will do my best to have a good day. Thank you.
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
8 Nov 23
Thank you very much. You have a good day too. 

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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
8 Nov 23
@LindaOHio Thank you very much. I hope you do manage to have a nice day.
My pleasure.
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
8 Nov 23
Thank you very much. Yes, I think it looks much better now.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
8 Nov 23
You too thanks Shaz have a great night.
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
9 Nov 23
Thank you very much. You too. 

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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
9 Nov 23
@sharonelton - But you need those details for a more precise painting.
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
9 Nov 23
@LadyDuck Yes, but I'll do that with the paint. The guy I was watching on the YouTube video only had an outline of a fox with no details at all, and he put in all the details with the paint.
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
9 Nov 23
Thank you very much. Well, it's going to get painted over anyway so I didn't really need to do too much detail.
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