This piece is the underdrawing for a French Wash painting of the same name.  I took the reference photo in January 2023 on the plains of the Serengeti in Tanzania.

A common theme in this blog is drawing a piece several times before getting it right.  If I have to go through a couple of pieces of paper before I get something looking how I want it, so be it.  I would rather do that than put out a poor piece of art.

Since I knew I would do a French Wash over this drawing, I wanted it to be as tight as possible before adding oil paint. As you can imagine, the drawing took more time than the one in my drawing pad. Watching the Range took a week and a half to draw and was completed on a gesso-covered wood panel.

This was a very satisfying piece to draw and eventually paint.