Dog pencil drawing update

Here's the latest progress shot of my dog drawing and as you can see its really starting to come to life.ive made a lot of use of blending stubs and erasers for lifting out highlights when completing the body of the dog and all that remains of the dog to complete is the hind leg.The whole drawing background will then have another very gently applied layer of graphite added to really 'lift' the animal from its background and it will help to show the light catching the dogs fur.Next week I am artist in residence at Nature in Art in Gloucestershire and so there will be a brief pause in progress until I return to my studio on the 11th august.