Arthur...really well done. I've been gone awhile and your work has improved a great deal. Terrific progress.

Arthur, I like the composition. you are giving equal weight to the predator and the prey.

Laurene, Thanks for your thoughts. Here are your suggestions....

Laurene thank you for your thoughts. I have worked to create more mid tones as I think your comment about their piece needing more of them is right on. I ran into a problem. As you know charcoal leaves residue. To minimize the spread of charcoal dust I sprayed the image with workable fixative. When ...

In some ways I liked the drawing without the background. It is very clean. The darkness in the foreground and the clouds, In my opinion, work against you. I would lighten the background so that the deer are the darkest image which I think would bring them forward toward the viewer. Another comment a...

This month has been an experience. The wolf not in Colorado yet consumed a lot of time, as expected. But the challenge of drawing it helped me develop some more patience. Then wonder of wonders my sister ran into a Bob Cat on the ranch. For a little bit I forgot about the wolf and decided to focus o...

Wonderful drawing. With the does all looking the same direction there is a lot of movement in this drawing.

HI Mike,
Thanks for the thoughts. Your comments really help. The following update does not take your comments into account but the next one will. I've been working on the background.

More progress. The wolf hair is slightly improved. Beginning background.

Greetings to Mike, Arthur and Linda...I hear you all. In scientific inquiry there are the questions of who, how, when, where, what and why. I will resist addressing the question of why as my answers will all be rationalizations. And the study of history produces the understanding that a person who h...