What the client wants the client gets! My latest commission is a snowscape scene and is one of my favourites to paint. However, the client asked for some wolves and an elk to be added and thus posed quite a challenge, not least because I find it hard to paint animals!

The trick here was to try to convey some dynamic movement rather than simply paint static animals. I tried to achieve this by deliberately not painting the animals in fine detail. Instead, I kept my brush strokes very light and rough.