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1. Wild boar and piglets - initial sketch.
Here is my rough sketch of a wild boar with her little piglets eating in a wood. It has been drawn in pencil over some other sketches that I did a while before.
I usually draw over other sketches and notes in my drawing pad when I have an idea and want to put it on paper straight away and can't find an empty page!
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2. Wild boar and piglets - background detail.
The wild boars will have a backdrop of trees in a forest clearing as they snuffle around for food. I have changed the number and position of piglets.
This is going to be a cold damp day so I have used greys when painting the sky. This has been left to dry completely.
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3. Wild boar and piglets - trees.
The trees have been painted in different shades of greys and browns.
This was around 1/2 hour work.
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4. Wild boar and piglets - trees.
I have darkened the tops of the trees to give a stormy look. The paper was kept wept.
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5. Wild boar and piglets - piglets.
The piglets have been given a light coat to define their stripes. Noticible now, but hopefully at the end of the painting it will be harder to distinguish them with their camoflague.
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6. Wild boar and piglets - undergrowth.
The forest floor always has dead leaves, twigs and clumps of grass so I have washed in the brightest of yellows. I have left lots of patches of white to keep light in this painting.
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7. Wild boar and piglets - background bushes.
I have put in the background bushes in light green and sage green.
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8. Wild boar and piglets - shadow.
I have painted in a shadow at the bottom of the distant bushes but this will be revised and may be made lighter in some places.
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9. Wild boar and piglets - mother.
The mother has had the dark fur put in.
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10. Wild boar and piglets - body colour mother.
Her main body coat in all it's rich reds and browns. The fur has enormous depth and richness of colour. Just now her coat resembles a stone-age cave painting I think!
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11. Wild boar and piglets - shading.
The dark parts are now highlighted in browns, blues and greys. Blended together they add good depth.
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12. Wild boar and piglets - snout.
Defining the sows snout. Her most important tool!
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13. Wild boar and piglets - defining piglets.
Here the babies have been darkened to make them stand out and look realistic. You may have noticed but my painting style veers towards realistic natural scenes.
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14. Wild boar and piglets - foreground shrubs.
The foreground has a couple of low level green shrubs as normally found in open style forests. The shrubs are also 'framing' the piggies and bring our eyes to focus on the activities of the group.
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15. Wild boar and piglets - foreground.
This painting is already very detailed so the foreground has just a light scattering of leaves and grasses.
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16. Wild boar and piglets - shadow.
Even on a dull day an object will have a shadow underneath it. It also makes the group stand out splendidly!
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17. Wild boar and piglets - shrub twigs.
The shrubs have been given twigs, in this instance the twigs are necessary because the shrubs are so close to the foreground.
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17. Wild boar and piglets - Finished.
I decided after all to define some of the background trees. This painting is now finished and available for purchase. You can also buy my handmade cards featuring this happy family.
I hope you like my painting too and enjoyed sharing this journey.
If you would like to make this painting a part of your home or would like to commission a painting please go to my contact page to get in touch with me.
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