New Year card. Wild reindeer. Drawing with markers

Hello!)

I continue the theme of Christmas cards with rare species of animals for the competition from the World Wildlife Fund.
This time I chose wild reindeer and changed art materials to markers.
Here is a postcard I got.

Initially, I thought through the plot of the postcard and sketched the outlines with a pencil.

Then I began to paint the sky. In order to depict the night sky, I needed to depict a color gradient with a transition from the lightest shade to the most dense, dark. This is not quite easy, because for smoothness it is important to choose the right colors for the transition, besides, I do not have a blender marker, which allows you to better mix the markers with each other.
I used pale blue, cold blue, and purple-gray.

Passed to the central figure of a deer. I used orange, yellow, brown, sand color, and umber. Drew with a thin rod, with marker movements imitating the direction of the hairs.

Fully painted over the deer, added light highlights to the figure with a white gel pen.

Drew in cold blue color the outlines of snowdrifts in the background of the picture.

With green shades (grassy, emerald, viridan, saalt) painted needles on spruce branches, looking at the edges of the picture. With pale blue and cold blue drew the shape of snow on spruce branches. Filled with Christmas balls in different bright colors, with a white pen drew light flashes on them. With umber color drew shadows in the snow under the trees.

At the final stage emphasized the details, the contrast of the picture. Added with a white pen rising sparks, highlighting the magical atmosphere of the postcard.

Added a congratulatory inscription. My postcard is ready.

Thank you for attention!