Winter Coats

I was wondering the other day where the idea for this one came from...and I couldn't remember. I guess I must have thought it up one night when feeding my son and been really excited about it. I'm not sure why, but it was fun to paint!

I don't have any idea of the story behind this...maybe someone creative can come up with something. :) It reminds me of the tale of Snow White and Rose Red and the bear that they take care of that turns out to be a handsome prince. I DID kind of try to give the wolf a human kind of air...

I redid the dress several times, as I wasn't satisfied with it.

I also couldn't figure out how to paint the darned wolf fur. I did it over and over a million times until I came up with something that worked. I looked at a few tutorials for some ideas on how to do it, but in the end I had to work out my own way.

I feel I am getting much better at composition! This one has a nice sidways V format, what with the figures and the clouds in the background.

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