That was my first time painting a realistic animal. :) There's still a lot of things I need to improve, and a couple of things I wish I've done differently on this piece, but I'm still really happy with the final result. 

I've decided to change the final project a little bit, so instead of a fox I've painted my own cat (that is also ginger). I really like the salt effect for the snowy sky.

Thank you Yana for this informative and inspiring class!

 

Some in-progress pictures:

 

First wash on the sky

First wash on the cat

Deepening colors/adding shadows

 

Adding snow!

 

Close up :)

 

Final Painting

 

Thank you for checking out my project.

Happy painting everyone! :)