As with all my paintings, the first stage is to draw the subjects without any fine detail and then to add a fine acrylic wash. The next stage was to decide what type of background to choose: would it be a simple, blurred background or a detailed background? For stage three, I decided to go for a savannah-type landscape while concentrating on the detailed wrinkles of the elephant’s skin. The final stage was to complete the details in the background and lighten the sky. African
