Painting of a fox done with acrylics

I use acrylic paints to roughly block in where I want the brightest areas of lights to appear with burnt sienna and Cobalt blue.

How to Paint a Realistic Fox Like an Artist

I personally always enjoy painting foxes. I thought I would share with you my approach to painting a fox. This will include my tips for which colours to use and how to paint realistic fur.

Block in your basic shapes using darker colours
Make sure proportions are right before adding detail
Use Burnt umber, Burnt sienna, Paynes grey and White
Choose a background that compliments your subject
Blend background fur to add depth
Leave small spaces between fur strands letting dark colours show through
Vary fur strokes slightly to add realism

Things to know before Starting to Paint

Foxes have quite broad heads with pointed muzzles -make sure that you have the proportions correct before you begin painting.
When facing forwards, a fox’s head will roughly fit the proportions of a square, with the eyes positioned mid-way down. (see below)

The ear shape of a fox is very distinctive- making sure they are the correct shape and size is key for a realistic painting.
Apply your brush strokes lightly – foxes have very soft fur that requires a lot of blending to achieve a realistic sense of texture.
Burnt Sienna is your best friend! This brown-red colour makes a great base colour for establishing the rich tones in a fox’s fur.
Lighter fur will need to be build on top- yellow ochre and raw sienna mixed with titanium white is a good starting point. The exact colour scheme will need to be adapted to your specific subject and the lighting in your chosen reference.

Contents

How to Paint a Realistic Fox Like an Artist

Things to know before Starting to Paint

The Initial Sketch

Watch the painting “the Fox”. Painted acrylic

In this painting session, I’m going to show you how I layer my paint to create a realistic looking fox and natural looking fur! Knowing which layers to apply first will make all the difference in your own paintings!

For this painting I used Oil paints. Feel free to use or adapt my methods in your own artwork.

Most of my paintings start with a layer of acrylic paint, I find the quick drying time of acrylics perfect for blocking in the basic shapes and colours to act as a guide for the actual painting.

The Initial Sketch

I started with a rough sketch using raw umber acrylic paint. I didn’t really like the composition of my first attempt so I started again once the paint had dried using a darker mix of Payne’s grey and Burnt Umber.

One of the most important things I have learnt about painting is to not get to attached to what you have just put down.

If I see something I don’t like I will always try and fix it. Sometimes that means minor adjustments, other times it means painting over hours of work and starting again.

I want to produce the highest quality work I can, so it is really important that I can completely destroy a painting that I have put a lot of work into in order to make it better.

The second time over I was much happier with the composition. I blocked in the base using dark acrylic colours, I prefer working on a toned canvas as I don’t like the original white showing through and I use acrylics because of the fast drying time.

I don’t want to be wasting any time waiting for these layers to dry as nothing here will actually be visible in the final piece.

Watch the painting “the Fox”. Painted acrylic

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The clock is made from MDF 4 mm thick. Decorated with hand painted with acrylic paints and rhinestones.

There are various options of drawings, color versions and additions.

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Dry and wet cleaning
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