Behind the Scenes: Fat Louie Bookmark

January is here with a new drawing done and another on the way. I thought it would be interesting to show behind the scenes of the process of a drawing to the finished product.

I use a reference to work from, either my own or from a photographer with permission. Below is the photo I took a few years ago when I was still living in Hampshire with my family. Louie was a gorgeous boy to look at but he loved to bite!

Photo reference of Fat Louie for the colour pencil drawing.

I traced around the lines of the photo without going too detailed as I don't want it to be an exact replica but enough for the features to not look out of place. the photo below shows the outlines with the finished drawing.

Completed colour pencil drawing of Fat Louie cat.

A lot of warm and cold greys were used and hints of brown for the hues of the colours seen closer to the skin. He was great fun to do, I miss his wrestler shaped nose and meows that constantly changed every week. It will be lovely memory of him as a bookmark and possibly on other things in the future.

Have you seen my growing collection of bookmarks in the shop?

Which animal should be a bookmark next?

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  Sausage Dog
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  Pheasant
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  Bengal cat
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