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 Watch this space carefully... | For this detailed portrait I am using Faber Castell Pitt pastel pencils on a pale sandy coloured Colorfix pastel paper. This is textured like very fine sandpaper which holds a good amount of pigment, ideal for building up layers. |
 | Step 1 After a light sketch, I began by blending a few colours into the background, using some of the colours to be used for the cat. I find particularly if you use some of the colours of the eyes in the background, it helps to bring together the finished composition. Then began work on the face. I like to work from top left to bottom right on a painting, almost completing an area before moving on. This helps avoid smudging and gives confidence that the picture is going to work. |
 | Step 2 I continue working on this side of the face and eye. Starting with washes of the basic colours of the face, blended in with my fingers to establish tonal values as can be seen on the nose area. I put in some of the spots and then lightly spray with sealant before continuing with a layer of more detail. Before spray sealing, make sure you blow away any loose pigment. If you don't it will be washed into places you don't want it, then fixed there! |
 | Step 3 Continuing on with the face, here you can see how the spots are lightly put in with brown, then black is added. Remembering the direction of the fur and using my fine colour-shaper, I blend the light colours into the dark spots at one side and the dark into the light at the other. I spray seal again at this stage before going in with more detail, high lighting the fur, spraying between layers. |
 | Step 4 Completing the other eye, more work on the face. There isn't a great deal of shadow in this painting, but I slightly darkened the right side to make the image less flat. I then spent time working on the wood effect at the bottom. |
 | Step 5 I finish off the background at this point before the final stages of the cat. |
| Step 6 I then go over the whole image again, tidying up, adding more highlights in the fur and particularly go around the edge of the cat so that his fur sits on top of the background to bring hom forward. Notice I've slightly blurred the jaguar's back to give the impression of it being further away. One last sealing. Job done. About 10 hours painting spread over two days. |
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