CHEETAH PAINTING IN STAGES

Finished

Sun 19th Feb. In the final stage it came together quite quickly.

Pastels on velour. 31cm x 24cm.

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Cheetah phase 3

 Sat 18th Feb, a little more done on the fur detail.  Quite a way to go yet but I'm still happy with the progress.

Cheetah phase 2.

This weekend (11th & 12th Feb), I managed to do some more.  Building up under-shades and colour depth and starting on the fur detail.  It is a long, painstaking job drawing in almost every hair but I am quite pleased with the way it is coming together.

I was horrified to find that one of my cats had scratched it.  He is very young and enthusiastic and climbs on everything, including my easel!!  However, the velour surface is quite forgiving and I managed to rescue it.  The scratches wont be visible when it's finished.

Cheetah phase 1.

I started this painting on 5th February.  I found a superb photo by Gary Jones and decided to try painting it.  I am using one of my favourite mediums, Pastels.  I have three sets of pastels by different manufacturers:
Derwent pastel pencils
Faber Castel pastel sticks
Inscribe pastel sticks
I am painting onto Clairfontaine Velour, specially designed for pastels.
I used it once before to paint a young lioness and loved the way it holds the pastel and allows a lot of detail to be built up in layers.  It is especially good for long fur.


I like to start with the eyes because they are the most important part.  If they go wrong I have to start again so no point doing too much of anything else!

INTRODUCTION

Hi and welcome to my new blog.  I have never done this before so all is completely new.  I will welcome any tips.

My name is Eunice Knott and I love to paint and draw.  My favourite subjects are animals, landscapes and seascapes.  I am a predominantly self-taught artist and am learning all the time and enjoying every new experience and media.  I wish I had more time to try new stuff and experiment with styles.


I want to use this blog to show my work as it progresses through the stages of development through to each finished piece.  Not all ideas work out but it is how I and many other artists learn.


All of my most recent work can be seen on my website: Eunice Knott - Artist