Wolf Study by wildlife portrait artist Carl Brenders

Wolf Study by Carl Brenders

 

"Between paintings, I often do pencil drawings, mostly with the intention of only doing sketches as a way to put down my ideas for paintings on paper. My character, however, doesn't allow me to stop with a sketch; I go ahead until it becomes a finished pencil drawing. This is the only way I can be happy with the result.

 

"This standing wolf will probably appear in one of my future paintings, in the company of some pack members. Creating a painting can be a long process, and these pencil drawings are sometimes the basis for a new painting.

 

"For me, the black and white medium is a nice alternative to working with color. I find it most enjoyable creating volumes, forms and textures with these two values." - Carl Brenders.

 

Print released 1990.