4 Look for colour

Before I went any further, I took a moment to look very closely at the original photo. It’s very easy to just see the basic colours: blue eyes, brown fur and so on, but if we look deeper we can see all manner of unexpected colours such as pinks, lavenders and ochres all hiding in plain sight.

Once I’d identified these, I added some Scarlet Lake, Winsor Violet, Burnt Sienna, Manganese Blue and Antwerp Blue into my washes to reflect these other hues.