Just some experimental colored pencil artwork. I'm not as skilled as I want to be, but you can't get better if you don't try.

Maybe 3-4 hours, with a bunch of downtime for fixative work.

Fisher 400 Sanded paper mounted to Conservation Board
Faber Castell Poly Chromos Colored Pencils
Sponge Applicators
Brush and Pencil Textured Fixative
Brush and Pencil Powder Blender
Brush and Pencil Titanium White

Reference, Page 151 of
"Wolves"
Written by Shaun Ellis
Photography by Monty Sloan
Copyright Paragon Books Ltd 2006