I finished the charcoal stage on my latest animal painting.  I’ve started completing this stage in a few steps now as well.  I am now getting about 90-95 percent complete with my first stage charcoals, spray-fixing heavily, and then coming back in with white colored pencil to push my whites and details further.  I might also start incorporating black colored pencils here in the future as well just to give myself a little more precision in places.  I’m a little concerned with the block patterning in the background and will probably end up pushing that back with value and cool colors, just to pop Mr Corgi out a bit.  Now, on to color studies!