I went as far as I thought I could with the grayed-violet shadows. |
I played a bit with a black around the eye and muzzle, and decided I needed a background to determine how dark to go with his head and neck. |
I didn't want to mask, but had to do so. The first wash was quin. burnt orange with quin. violet. The second was quin. violet with cobalt blue. |
Then I did several scrumbled washes, using the same colors plus indanthrone blue. |